Cabinet - Sources

Claudius Ptolemy, Geographia (Basel, 1542)
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Clone of Anatomy theatre, Padua, 1594
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Drawing of a Croatian woman
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"Achaemenid Bowl" from Deve Hüyük (B)
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Invention of the spyglass, 1608
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John Danvers' plate
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The mariner's astrolabe: derivation and usage
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Churches at Sodankylä
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Mystics
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Imser Planetary Clock, ca 1554-61
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Anatomical theatres: Padua, 1594
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Browne's Collection: a 'Cabinet of Rarities'
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Night Encounters
Vannuccio Biringuccio, Pirotechnia (1540)
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Galileo's most decisive telescopic observation: the phases of Venus, 1610-23
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'Star forts', 'gunpowder fortifications', and the 'trace italienne'
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Saami couple
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Crucifix Dial, Adriaan Zeelst (1588)
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Sir Isaac Newton, by Godfrey Keller (1702)
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Хлопковые весы (Таджикистан)
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Instruments: preserved in the Museo Galileo
‘Head of Slavonian’
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Five sculptural fragments from Persepolis
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Roadshow overview