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    “A Truer and Deeper Knowledge”: Anna Maria van Schurman’s *The Learned Maid* (1659)
    Books / 
    Politics

    “A Truer and Deeper Knowledge”: Anna Maria van Schurman’s The Learned Maid (1659)

    Looking Backward: Images of *Rückenfiguren* (ca. 1497–1925)
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    Landscapes, The Arts

    Looking Backward: Images of Rückenfiguren (ca. 1497–1925)

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)
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    Animals & Beasts, Customs & Culture, Drugs, Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Love Spells and Deadly Shrieks: Illustrations of Mandrakes (ca. 650–1927)

    Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints
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    Design & Typography

    Paper Gems: Early Modern Blackwork Prints

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster
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    Customs & Culture

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster

    Ikkyū in Hell: *Skeletons* (1692)
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    Death, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Ikkyū in Hell: Skeletons (1692)

    *The Works of Mars* (1671)
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    Architecture, War

    The Works of Mars (1671)

    Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Beetle Carapaces in Basohli Miniature Paintings (ca. 1660–1700)

    A Bestiary of Loss
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Natural World

    A Bestiary of Loss

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)
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    Customs & Culture, Novelty, Politics, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Visualising Bubbles (1500–1906)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Myth & Legend, Classical World, Technology

    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for *Osteologia* (1680)
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    Animals & Beasts, Death, Religion, Language

    Jan Luyken’s Frontispiece for Osteologia (1680)

    *Ostentatio Genitalium* in Renaissance Art
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Sex

    Ostentatio Genitalium in Renaissance Art

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s *Four Parts of the World* (ca. 1689)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World, Travel & Exploration

    Ferdinand van Kessel’s Four Parts of the World (ca. 1689)

    Philipp Hainhofer’s *Große Stammbuch* (1596–1633)
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    People

    Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch (1596–1633)

    A Hall of Mirrors: *Cabala, Spiegel Der Kunst Und Natur, In Alchymia* (1615)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    A Hall of Mirrors: Cabala, Spiegel Der Kunst Und Natur, In Alchymia (1615)

    Bruegel the Elder’s *Big Fish Eat Little Fish* (1556)
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    Animals & Beasts, Politics

    Bruegel the Elder’s Big Fish Eat Little Fish (1556)

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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    Customs & Culture, Sport

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    *Clavis Artis* by “Zoroaster”
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    Animals & Beasts, Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Clavis Artis by “Zoroaster”

    An Iconic Line: Claude Mellan’s *The Sudarium of Saint Veronica* (1649)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    An Iconic Line: Claude Mellan’s The Sudarium of Saint Veronica (1649)

    A Monster in the Heart: Edward May’s *A Most Certaine and True Relation* (1639)
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    Science & Medicine

    A Monster in the Heart: Edward May’s A Most Certaine and True Relation (1639)

    The Zodiac Man
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    Science & Medicine

    The Zodiac Man

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)
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    Design & Typography, Food

    Serviette Sculptures: Mattia Giegher’s Treatise on Napkin Folding (1629)

    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)
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    The Arts

    The Reverse of a Framed Painting, and Other Trompe L’oeil by Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts (ca. 1670)