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  • Philosophia sacra et vere Christiana, seu meteorologia cosmica / Robert Fludd.
  • Philosophia sacra et vere Christiana, seu meteorologia cosmica / Robert Fludd.
  • Philosophia sacra et vere Christiana, seu meteorologia cosmica / Robert Fludd.
  • John Dee's crystal, used for clairvoyance & healing, 17th C
  • Yasoda glimpses the whole universe inside Krishna's mouth. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A female nude draws a compass over a globe; representing astrology. Engraving attributed to G. Bonasone, 1544.
  • The Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Engraving.
  • The theory of the earth : containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo till the consummation of all things. The two fisrt [sic] books, concerning the deluge, and concerning paradise.
  • Nehemiah Grew; with a vignette of Gresham College. Stipple engraving by J. Newton, 1804, after R. White, 1701.
  • Nehemiah Grew; with a vignette of Gresham College. Stipple engraving by J. Newton, 1804, after R. White, 1701.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • A woman with a castle on her head traces a compass across a globe while two men crouch over it; representing geometry. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • The angel announces to the Virgin that she will give birth to Christ. Watercolour.
  • The castle of knowledge, flanked by the spheres of destiny and fortune. Woodcut, 1556.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the funeral meru for the cremation of King Pinklao (second king), January 1866. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the funeral meru for the cremation of King Pinklao (second king), January 1866. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the funeral meru for the cremation of King Pinklao (second king), January 1866. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Bangkok, Siam (Thailand): the funeral meru for the cremation of King Pinklao (second king), January 1866. Photograph by John Thomson, 1866.
  • Hindi Manuscript 669, folio 3b
  • Bookplate: 'Sol, ex libris Fr. Ernst
  • An archangel revealing the physical nature of the universe to a group of natural philosophers and mathematicians. Etching by James Barry, 1795, after his painting.