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Scheme of the world, celestial spheres, orbits of planets, sun, moon and zodiac
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Title: Scheme of the world, celestial spheres, orbits of planets, sun, moon and zodiac
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Anonymous, The culmination of Renaissance ingenuity and scientific achievement: Celestial sphere with traces of a mechanism. (c1540-c1550)
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Scroll 1 from Poetry contest of zodiac animals (Jūnirui uta awase)
Scroll 1 from Poetry contest of zodiac animals (Jūnirui uta awase)
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Scroll 2 from Poetry contest of zodiac animals (Jūnirui uta awase)
Scroll 2 from Poetry contest of zodiac animals (Jūnirui uta awase)
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Scroll 3 from Poetry contest of zodiac animals (Jūnirui uta awase)
Scroll 3 from Poetry contest of zodiac animals (Jūnirui uta awase)
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Circular Mirror with Decoration of Chinese Zodiac Animals and Auspicious Characters
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Yashoda Shows Krishna the Moon in a Mirror
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A Philosopher Giving that Lecture on the Orrery, in which a Lamp is put in the Place of the Sun
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