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Archives16
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Medieval Manuscripts15
Brotherton Collection9
Ripon Cathedral6
Cookery Collection2
Coin Collection1

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fabulous animals3
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)3
ethics1

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Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)1
Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)1
Cicero, Marcus Tullius1

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Archive Object Item

fragment of vessel

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Part of a foot and body of a red clay vessel.

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Decorated initial (fol. 49r)
Archive Piece

Decorated initial (fol. 49r)

[ca. 1140-1160]

Large red/blue initial 'I' decorated with green. Head title 'EPISTOLA IACOBI' in red capitals.

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Decorated incipit word (fol. 3r)
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Decorated incipit word (fol. 3r)

[ca. 1140-1160]

Large initial 'A' decorated with stylised fan-shaped leaves and curved pen lines, in green, red and blue, followed by the remaining letters of the incipit word 'APOCALIPSIS' in blue and red.

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[Apocalypsis et Epistolae catholicae, cum glossis]
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[Apocalypsis et Epistolae catholicae, cum glossis]

[ca. 1140-1160]

Decoration: A large decorated incipit word 'Apocalipsis' in blue, red and green for the Apocalypse commentary. A large decorated incipit initial in blue, red and green and running titles in red for th...

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Decorated initials (fol. 47r)
Archive Piece

Decorated initials (fol. 47r)

[ca. 1140-1160]

3- and 5-line initials in red decorated in blue and green.

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 19-18 BCE

Issuer/creator: Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)

Place: Spain

Material: silver


Archive Object Item

cuneiform tablet (fragments)

No date

A cuneiform tablet completely broken into many small fragments of red clay.

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Foliate initial (fol. 54r)
Archive Piece

Foliate initial (fol. 54r)

[ca. 1100-1150]

6-line initial 'Q' composed of foliage, in red outline, on a blue and green background.

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Foliate initial (fol. 42r)
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Foliate initial (fol. 42r)

[ca. 1100-1150]

5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.

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Foliate initial (fol. 22v)
Archive Piece

Foliate initial (fol. 22v)

[ca. 1100-1150]

9-line initial 'P' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.

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Foliate initial (fol. 77v)
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Foliate initial (fol. 77v)

[ca. 1100-1150]

5-line initial 'S' composed of foliage, in black outline, touched in red, on a blue and green background.

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Archive Object Item

cuneiform tablet

No date

An oblong cuneiform tablet in red clay with script on both sides.

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