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Cabinet - Sources

Mercator, World Map (1569)
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John Gerard, The herball or Generall historie of plantes (London, 1597)
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Silver oinochoe with kouros handle from the Lydian Treasure
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Heavy artillery before gunpowder: the trebuchet
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Drawing of a Bulgarian man
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II.3 'Universitas magistrorum et scholarium’: a self-governing corporation of teachers and students
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Princess Mary Gift Tin (3D)
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Johannes Hevelius, Machina coelestis, 1673: Frontispiece
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Funerary monument for John Case
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Stamp Seal Pendant from the Lydian Treasure
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Pitt Rivers Museum, looking north-east across the Court
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Saxon woman
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Homesteading in Canada
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Photo of Azamat Altay and Chingiz Aitmatov (USA-Kyrgyzstan)
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Russian bread seller
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Henry Compton's (1631/2-1713) plate
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Islamic calligraphy
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Произведение искусства Сюзан Бушнак (Узбекистан)
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De aliis quibusdam Instrumentis nostris
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Gunpowder Warfare
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VI.8 Institutionalising humanist philology
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Book Forms: Folded Books
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Agnus Dei
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Matzah (Kazakhstan)
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