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Cabinet - Sources

Painting with oils: a recent invention
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Телефонная книжка (Казахстан)
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Ismail al-Jazari's Elephant clock, ca 1200
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Zodiac Man
Saami bride
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Rubens, Apotheosis of James I (1634)
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Papal Coin, John XXII
What was printed in the 15th century?
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Pitt Rivers Museum, east end of the Court
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The State Robe of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony, 1611
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Exhibition case
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V. Schools Quadrangle
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Santucci's sphere, Florence, 1588-93
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MS Ashmole 399, folios 14r-15r
Diana on a centaur, 1602-6
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Nova reperta: the mechanical clock
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The 1532 Venetian Reprint of the Giuntina
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Headless Virgin and Child statue
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17403, folios 4r-4v
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Chaplain's Collar
Javelin head/arrowhead from Deve Hüyük
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A chemise binding
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Ptolemy World Map, 1482
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Saami man
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