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    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Music in the Margins: The Funeral of Reynard the Fox (13th century)

    The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)
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    War

    The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (ca. 1410)

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend, Astronomy & Space

    Aratea: Making Pictures with Words in the 9th Century

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection
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    Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Miniatures from a 12th-century Medical and Herbal Collection

    Rainbows in Art
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Rainbows in Art

    The Human Alphabet
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    Design & Typography

    The Human Alphabet

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)
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    War, Humour & Satire

    Kobayashi Kiyochika’s Cartoons of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–5)

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams
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    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Surreal Art of Alchemical Diagrams

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing
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    Animals & Beasts, Religion, Myth & Legend

    Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing

    The Steps of Life
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    Death, Geometry & Diagrams

    The Steps of Life

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)
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    People, Love & Lust

    The Friendship Book of Anne Wagner (1795-1834)

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England
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    Science & Medicine

    Anatomical Illustrations from 15th-century England

    16th-Century Pattern Book for Scribes
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    Design & Typography

    16th-Century Pattern Book for Scribes

    Compendium Of Demonology and Magic (ca. 1775)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Compendium Of Demonology and Magic (ca. 1775)

    15th-Century Illuminations for Dante’s Divine Comedy
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    Landscapes, Religion, Myth & Legend

    15th-Century Illuminations for Dante’s Divine Comedy

    Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt (ca. 1467)
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    Architecture, Travel & Exploration

    Journey from Venice to Palestine, Mount Sinai and Egypt (ca. 1467)

    Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)
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    Design & Typography

    Hoefnagel’s Guide to Constructing the Letters (ca. 1595)

    Flowers of the Sky
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    Astronomy & Space

    Flowers of the Sky

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)
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    Animals & Beasts

    Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580)

    The Prophecy of the Popes (15th Century)
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The Prophecy of the Popes (15th Century)

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript
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    Religion, Myth & Legend

    Punishment in the Afterlife: an Eastern Turki Manuscript

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)
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    Animals & Beasts, Science & Medicine, Natural World

    Tractatus de Herbis (ca.1440)

    The Little Book of Love
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    Wisdom, Love & Lust

    The Little Book of Love

    Rainbow-coloured Beasts from 15th-Century Book of Hours
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    Animals & Beasts

    Rainbow-coloured Beasts from 15th-Century Book of Hours