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    Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)
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    Design & Typography

    Tangled Dürer: The Six Knots (ca. before 1521)

    Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)
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    Customs & Culture, Design & Typography, Fashion

    Pied Beauty: Wari Tie-Dye Textiles (ca. 425–1100)

    Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)
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    Design & Typography, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Yellow Silence: Miniature from the Silos Apocalypse (ca. 1100)

    *Antiquities of Mexico* (1831–48)
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    Customs & Culture, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

    Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)
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    Drugs, Design & Typography, Food

    Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)

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

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

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster

    Behold the Nebulous Smear: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s *Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars* (ca. 1430)
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    Science & Medicine, Astronomy & Space

    Behold the Nebulous Smear: ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Sūfī’s Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars (ca. 1430)

    Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*
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    Customs & Culture, Politics, War

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s Fechtbücher

    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of *De Proprietatibus Rerum* (ca. 1480)
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    Maps, Travel & Exploration

    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of De Proprietatibus Rerum (ca. 1480)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Technology, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    *Ostentatio Genitalium* in Renaissance Art
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    Love & Lust, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Ostentatio Genitalium in Renaissance Art

    Albrecht Dürer’s Pillow Studies (1493)
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    Music & Arts

    Albrecht Dürer’s Pillow Studies (1493)

    A Renaissance Riddle: The Sola Busca Tarot Deck (1491)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Wisdom

    A Renaissance Riddle: The Sola Busca Tarot Deck (1491)

    The Holkham Bible Picture Book (ca. 1330)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Holkham Bible Picture Book (ca. 1330)

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

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    700 Years of Dante’s *Divine Comedy* in Art
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

    The Zodiac Man
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    Science & Medicine

    The Zodiac Man

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)
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    Animals & Beasts, Natural World

    Der Naturen Bloeme: The Flower of Nature (ca. 1350)

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)
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    Ghosts & Occult, Religion, Myth & Legend, Science & Medicine

    Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy
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    Natural World

    Erbario: a 15th-century Herbal from Northern Italy

    Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353)
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    Stories

    Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron (ca. 1353)