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Balinese Calendar on Cloth; http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/61556.
Astrolabe, by Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Battuti, North African, 1733/4; http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/51459.
Dish with a European ship, 1625-1650; http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EA1978.1457
Tabula Rogeriana, by Al-Idrisi [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TabulaRogeriana.jpg
The 8th Tai Situ Lama with nine great teachers, mid-18th century; http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/object/EA1991.180
People page
Doorway in wall; photograph by Robert Fletcher used with permission.
Detail, Beijing observatory under Verbiest, 1668?; http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/61060
Research page
Caravane sur la Route de la soie, 1380, by Cresques Abraham (Atlas catalan) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravane_sur_la_Route_de_la_soie_-_Atlas_catalan.jpg
Terrace rice fields in Yunnan Province, China, 2003, By Jialiang Gao, www.peace-on-earth.org (Original Photograph) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunnan#/media/File:Terrace_field_yunnan_china.jpg
Cloisonné enamel disk with griffin, ca. 900 A.D by permission of the Ashmolean Museum.
Projects page
Solidus_constans_ii_obverse. Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
Mounted warriors pursue enemies, 14th Century, By unknown / (of the reproduction) Staatsbibliothek Berlin/Schacht [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DiezAlbumsArmedRiders_II.jpg
Detail of a miniature of bees collecting nectar and returning to their hive, from a bestiary with theological texts, England, c.1200 – c.1210, British Library; https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=55682
Seminars page
Abraham Ortelius [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ortelius_-_Maris_Pacifici_1589.jpg
Study page
Eliza Codex 23 Ethiopian Biblical Manuscript, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eliza_Codex_23_Ethiopian_Biblical_Manuscript.jpg
Islamic Lunar Calendar on Parchment, Turkey, 1795-6 AD; http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/object/inv/31528
China World Map Ming, c1800 [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China-World_Map_Ming_front.jpg
Undergraduate Study page
Film reel; http://desktop-backgrounds-org.s3.amazonaws.com/film-miscellaneous.jpg
Christopher Wren’s buildings at Hampton Court Palace, By TTaylor [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], from Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hampton_Court_Palace_06_Wren%27s_building_and_formal_garden_TTaylor05.JPG
