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14.-Apian-Astronomicum-Caesareum-volvelle1.jpg
This extraordinary publication, the work of the printer, mathematician and cosmographer, Peter Apian, is predominantly an instrument in the form of a book. By realising the Ptolemaic planetary theory in moveable paper volvelles, with small circles…
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A large reference book concerning astronomy and the locations of planets in the sky.

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Aboriginal painting
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Aboriginal painting of natural scene in Australia
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The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, containing some of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. It…
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Aboriginal wooden vessel
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writing manuscript dated from the third or fourth century AD
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Aboriginal poem
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