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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)27
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Archive Item

Textiles (Box 156)

1926-1976

Link Building - General 1964-68, 1969, 1970, 1971-76 (includes Final Accounts 1976). Lowden Portrait 1926-27. Man Made Fibres Building - General 1949-59.

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Leeds Student, issue 156
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Leeds Student, issue 156

04/03/1977

pg.6- Anne Cherry election manifesto includes pledge to end discrimination against gay people.

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Archive File

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PROF.BAUMAN156.JPG

c. 1985 - 2017

Type: File System_File?: No File path: D:\Bauman_extracted_complete\Opticals\D6\Optical_01-50\Optical_42\PROF.BAUMAN156.JPG Name: PROF.BAUMAN156.JPG Extension: jpg MD5 Hash: 50fa128657984bec977ba...

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Wagtail and flowers (fol. 156r)
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Wagtail and flowers (fol. 156r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with a wagtail, a butterfly, a beetle, strawberry flowers, a periwinkle, a speedwell, a pink, grapes, a water bird and curved acanthus leaves. 7-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Buttercup seedpods (fol. 156v)
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Buttercup seedpods (fol. 156v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The 7-line foliate initial 'O' is infilled with tall buttercups with seedpods.

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Quitclaim and release upon payment of £156

[18th century]

1. Henry Greenwood of Burnley and John Whittam of Cliviger Laith, executors of James Yates the younger, deceased, and Joseph Wilson of Gisburn and wife Agnes 2. John Whitaker of Huncoat by directi...

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Last Judgement (fol. 156v)
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Last Judgement (fol. 156v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Christ seated on a rainbow in judgement, with the golden globe at his feet, surrounded by two angels with trumpets. Virgin Mary and St. John kneel in prayer, while four bodies are raised from their gr...

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Virgin Mary (?) (fol. 156v)
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Virgin Mary (?) (fol. 156v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The initial 'H', composed of acanthus foliage, is inhabited with the praying Virgin Mary, or possibly a nun, clad in a blue dress with white cuffs and a white head-dress. There are 1-line initials alt...

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156 ANZACS in France. Bringing up a gun.

c. 1914-1918

On reverse: "A party of ANZAC gunners taking a big gun along a chalk road from which they raise clouds of dust. 'Daily Mail' Official war pictures. Crown Copyright reserved. Series 20. No. 156."

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