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Antiquities, anatomy, horology, manuscripts and the cabinet of curiosities.

From The Scriptorium 25The Anatomy Theatre 12Cabinet of Curiosities 11The Hermetica 10 and 2 more houses

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49–77 of 77 pieces

The Fourth Muscle Man

Andreas Vesalius (woodcut, Basel workshop of Johannes Oporinus)

Woodcut, 1543

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The Drowning King

attributed to Salomon Trismosin

Plate, c. 1582

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The Knight of the Double Fountain

attributed to Salomon Trismosin

Plate, c. 1582

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Spurzheim's Phrenological Head

J. G. Spurzheim

Plate, c. 1825

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Arma Artis — The Arms of the Art

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

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The Knight Upon Two Fountains

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

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The Fifth Parable: The Two-Headed Figure

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

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Three Birds Contend Within the Vessel

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

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The Three-Headed Dragon of the Sun

Unknown illuminator (text attributed to Salomon Trismosin)

Plate, 1582 copy

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Ripley Scroll — Beinecke Mellon MS 41

Unknown English scribe-illuminator; verses attributed to George Ripley and Richard Carpenter

Plate, c. 1570

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The First Pendulum Clock

Christiaan Huygens

Plate, 1673

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Horologium Oscillatorium — Title Leaf

Christiaan Huygens

Plate, 1673

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A Bracket Clock Movement

after Abraham Rees (ed.)

Plate, c. 1810s

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Voyage Fait par Ordre du Roi, 1768–1769

Ferdinand Berthoud

Plate, 1768–1769

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Holbein’s Design for a Clocksalt — 1543

Hans Holbein the Younger

Plate, 1543

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De Vick’s Clock of 1379

after Abraham Rees (ed.)

Plate, c. 1810s

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The Chi Rho Monogram

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

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The Virgin and Child

Unknown Insular scribe-artists (traditionally associated with the community of Columba, Iona and Kells)

Illuminated manuscript, c. 800 AD

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Incipit to Matthew

Traditionally attributed to Eadfrith, Bishop of Lindisfarne

Illuminated manuscript, c. 715–720 AD

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