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    Unbridled Passions: The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300)
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    Unbridled Passions: The Eight Horses of King Mu, Son of Heaven (ca. 1300)

    Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for *Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle* (ca. 1485)
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    Snail Homes, Bog Bodies, and Mechanical Flies: Robert Testard’s Illustrations for Les secretz de l’histoire naturelle (ca. 1485)

    Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer *Maqāmāt* (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)
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    Deceit and Disrobing: The Schefer Maqāmāt (BNF Arabe 5847, ca. 1237)

    Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)
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    Off with Their Heads: Illustrations of Blemmyes (ca. 1175–1724)

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

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

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

    *Antiquities of Mexico* (1831–48)
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    Antiquities of Mexico (1831–48)

    Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)
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    Johannes Hartlieb’s Book of Herbs (1462)

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

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

    Humanity 101: The Syllabus of Frankenstein's Monster
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    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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    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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    Medieval Illustrations of Bonnacons

    Battles of the Sexes: Duels between Women and Men in 1400s *Fechtbücher*
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    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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    Evrard d'Espinque’s Illuminations of De Proprietatibus Rerum (ca. 1480)

    Alexander in the Bathysphere
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    Alexander in the Bathysphere

    *Ostentatio Genitalium* in Renaissance Art
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    Ostentatio Genitalium in Renaissance Art

    Albrecht Dürer’s Pillow Studies (1493)
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    Albrecht Dürer’s Pillow Studies (1493)

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

    The Holkham Bible Picture Book (ca. 1330)
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    The Holkham Bible Picture Book (ca. 1330)

    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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    Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

    700 Years of Dante’s *Divine Comedy* in Art
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    700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

    The Zodiac Man
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    The Zodiac Man

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