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![[First chapter opening of Methodus inveniendi ...; with headpiece of sphinxes, cherubs, and open book with crossed trumpets, and decorated initial M showing stormy sea]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE3NDQvMDEvMDEvZmlyc3QtY2hhcHRlci1vcGVuaW5nLW9mLW1ldGhvZHVzLWludmVuaWVuZGktd2l0aC1oZWFkcGllY2Utb2Ytc3BoaW54ZXMtY2hlcnVicy02NDAuanBn/320/505/jpg "[First chapter opening of Methodus inveniendi ...; with headpiece of sphinxes, cherubs, and open book with crossed trumpets, and decorated initial M showing stormy sea]")
![[Angel, woman with bent head and outstretched arms by shore, and initial T]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvYW5nZWwtd29tYW4td2l0aC1iZW50LWhlYWQtYW5kLW91dHN0cmV0Y2hlZC1hcm1zLWJ5LXNob3JlLWFuZC1pbml0aWFsLXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/54/webp "[Angel, woman with bent head and outstretched arms by shore, and initial T]")
![[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Bearing Cross; Crucifixion with Calvary crosses and convicts, Marys; and Laying In with text "It Is Finished"]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3Mtd2luZG93LXNob3dpbmctYmVhcmluZy1jcm9zcy1jcnVjaWZpeGlvbi13aXRoLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass window showing Bearing Cross; Crucifixion with Calvary crosses and convicts, Marys; and Laying In with text \"It Is Finished\"]")
![[Design drawing for stained glass window with Moses on Mt Sinai, Commandment tablets and burning bush; and Passing through the Sea showing the parting of the Red Sea]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3Mtd2luZG93LXdpdGgtbW9zZXMtb24tbXQtc2luYWktY29tbWFuZG1lbnQtMi02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass window with Moses on Mt Sinai, Commandment tablets and burning bush; and Passing through the Sea showing the parting of the Red Sea]")
![[Girl in pointed hat bending to fix stockings and mermaid]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODgvMDEvMDEvZ2lybC1pbi1wb2ludGVkLWhhdC1iZW5kaW5nLXRvLWZpeC1zdG9ja2luZ3MtYW5kLW1lcm1haWQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/53/webp "[Girl in pointed hat bending to fix stockings and mermaid]")
![Dead Sea. Man with book and sunshade floating to show bouyancy [i.e., buoyancy]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5NTAvMDEvMDEvZGVhZC1zZWEtbWFuLXdpdGgtYm9vay1hbmQtc3Vuc2hhZGUtZmxvYXRpbmctdG8tc2hvdy1ib3V5YW5jeS1pZS1idW95YW5jeS02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "Dead Sea. Man with book and sunshade floating to show bouyancy [i.e., buoyancy]")
![[Design drawing for stained glass lancet window with The Healing of the Blind Man and text "Arise and Go Thy Way...;" with caduceus]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvZGVzaWduLWRyYXdpbmctZm9yLXN0YWluZWQtZ2xhc3MtbGFuY2V0LXdpbmRvdy13aXRoLXRoZS1oZWFsaW5nLW9mLXRoZS1ibGluZC0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/53/webp "[Design drawing for stained glass lancet window with The Healing of the Blind Man and text \"Arise and Go Thy Way...;\" with caduceus]")
