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Translation of Duchêne (Tajikistan)
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Terrestrial longitude
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Ecclesiastical territories: the bishop of Würzburg as a reforming prince, 1573-1617
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Titian, Portrait of Isabella d'Este (c. 1534-1536)
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Hemispherical silver bowl with gold appliqués (BM)
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Quentin Metsys, Diptych of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Pieter Gilles (c. 1517)
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Concrete Fences (Kyrgyzstan)
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The mechanical clock: origin and purpose
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Anatomy theatre as museum
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An Orthopaedic Stretcher, ca 1548-85
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Перевод Корана Саййиддом Махмуд Тарази (Узбекистан/Индия)
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Prague, 1599-1612: The Rudolphine Tables (1627)
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Qaragandy (Kazakhstan)
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Descartes' Discourse (1637)
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Sundials in antiquity
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Anatomy theatres
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Rhinoceros-Horn Cup
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Jardin des Plantes in Paris (1636)
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Transcription: "The Star's Letter Box."
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Donum Dei
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Galileo's first telescopes, 1609-10
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Statue of Queen Philippa (3D)
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Ptolemy's system: more accuracy, more compromise
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Botanical gardeners: in the university, but not of the university
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