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Helmingham herbal & bestiary
Completed circa 1500, the volume includes 95 drawings of flowers and trees and 49 drawings of animals and birds, demonstrating English knowledge of natural history in the Tudor period.
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Seated Buddha in Meditation
This third century B.C.E. sculpture exemplifies the image of the Buddha that evolved in Gandhara, a region that covered parts of present-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.
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Dancer in Third Position with Her Right Foot Forward
One of the 150 wax figures found in Edgar Degas's studio upon his death in 1917.
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A Lion Attacking a Horse
Oil on canvas by George Stubbs, 1762. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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World’s oldest recipes
The Yale Babylonian Collection has over 45,000 items, including cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and other artifacts.
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The Yale Stradivari
The Yale Stradivari has an inscription reading "at the age of 92" appended to the label in the master's own handwriting. It is one of the documents used to establish the year of Stradivari’s birth.
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