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Total number of records: 895

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Books and printed items825
Archives70

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Brotherton Collection142
English Literature80
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society22
Herbert Read Collection16
Ripon Cathedral13
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society9
Leeds Russian Archive4
Liddle Collection2
Cookery Collection1
Quaker Collection1

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manuscripts197
illumination of books and manuscripts124
manuscripts, english93
manuscripts, hebrew91
manuscripts, latin64
manuscripts, greek45
manuscripts, old norse41
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)38
manuscripts, hebrew -- 19th century -- texts.36
jewish illumination of books and manuscripts30

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Great Britain36
France16
Penzance (England)12
England9
Nablus (West Bank)8
Scotland8
Italy7
London (England)7
Norway6
Sheffield (England)5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Day, Aidan31
Ricks, Christopher (1933-)31
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson Baron (1809-1892)31
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-189231
British Museum. Department of Manuscripts25
Narkiss, Bezalel24
Catholic Church22
Benjamin, Jonathan18
Evans, Christine (1943-)18
Garel, Michel18

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From 1900658
From 20007

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Up to 1899214
Up to 1999664
Up to latest17

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Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum, qui in bibliothecis Galliae, Helvetiae, Belgii, Britanniae M., Hispaniae, Lusitaniae asservantur

Haenel, Gustav Friedrich (1792-1878)

1830

Haenel visited Sir Thomas Phillips at Middle Hill in 1827; a partial listing of Phillipps' Catalogus Liborum Mss. with ca. 3150 titles is printed here: col. 803-895. Errata: [1] p. at end.

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Facsimiles of national manuscripts of Ireland (v.1)

Gilbert, Sir John Thomas (1829-1898); James, H (1803-1877); Sullivan, Sir Edward (1822-1885); Ireland. Public Record Office; Ordnance Survey of Ireland

1874-1884

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Facsimiles of national manuscripts of Ireland (v.3)

Gilbert, Sir John Thomas (1829-1898); James, H (1803-1877); Sullivan, Sir Edward (1822-1885); Ireland. Public Record Office; Ordnance Survey of Ireland

1874-1884

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Descriptive catalogue of Genizah fragments in Philadelphia

Halper, B; Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning

1922

Cover title. Reprinted from: Jewish quarterly review (New series). Volume XII, number 4 (April 1922), pages 397-433. The fragments described form five main collections, having been formerly owned ...

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Further fragments on medicine from the Genizah

Gottheil, Richard J H (1862-1936); Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning

1931

Cover title. Reprinted from: Jewish quarterly review (New series). Volume XXI, number 4, (April 1931), pages 419-438. The fragments described form five main collections, having been formerly owned...

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The library of A. Chester Beatty : a descriptive catalogue of the western manuscripts (v.1 - text)

Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester (1875-1968); Millar, Eric George

1927-30

Each volume issued in two parts - text and plates.

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The library of A. Chester Beatty : a descriptive catalogue of the western manuscripts (v.1 - plates)

Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester (1875-1968); Millar, Eric George

1927-30

Each volume issued in two parts - text and plates.

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The library of A. Chester Beatty : a descriptive catalogue of the western manuscripts (v.2 - text)

Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester (1875-1968); Millar, Eric George

1927-30

Each volume issued in two parts - text and plates.

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The library of A. Chester Beatty : a descriptive catalogue of the western manuscripts (v.2 - plates)

Beatty, Sir Alfred Chester (1875-1968); Millar, Eric George

1927-30

Each volume issued in two parts - text and plates.

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Handritasafn Landsbókasafns (v.1-2)

Páll Eggert Ólason (1883-1949); Lárus H. Blöndal; Grímur M. Helgason (1927-); Ögmundur Helgason; Landsbókasafn Islands; Landsbókasafn Islands

1947-1996

Vol.3-4 published by: Landsbókasafn Íslands. Supplement to: Skrá um handritasöfn Landsbókasafnsins. Vol.1 compiled by Páll Eggert Olason; v.2 compiled by Lárus H. Blöndal; v.3 compiled by ...

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Handritasafn Landsbókasafns (v.3)

Páll Eggert Ólason (1883-1949); Lárus H. Blöndal; Grímur M. Helgason (1927-); Ögmundur Helgason; Landsbókasafn Islands; Landsbókasafn Islands

1947-1996

Vol.3-4 published by: Landsbókasafn Íslands. Supplement to: Skrá um handritasöfn Landsbókasafnsins. Vol.1 compiled by Páll Eggert Olason; v.2 compiled by Lárus H. Blöndal; v.3 compiled by ...

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