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Brotherton Collection2
Medieval Manuscripts2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Cookery Collection1

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bible. pentateuch. hebrew -- texts.2
manuscripts, hebrew -- 13th century -- texts.2
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)2
bible. pentateuch. aramaic. onkelos -- texts.1
ethics1
finance, public -- england -- norfolk -- history -- sources.1
illustrated works (manuscripts).1
jews -- england -- norwich -- history -- texts.1
karaites -- manuscripts -- texts.1
manuscripts, latin -- 13th century -- texts.1

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Norwich (England)1
Penzance (England)1
Yemen1

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Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)1
Cicero, Marcus Tullius1
Eden, Sir Robert Johnson (1774-1844)1
Sams, Joseph1
Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998)1
Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor1
Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961)1
Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921)1

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Archive Judaica File

[Torah ʿim targum ʿArvi-Yehudi : Bereshit 42:30–43:24]. [תורה עם תרגום ערבי־יהודי : בראשית מב:ל-מג:כד]. [Genesismm xlii.30–xliii.24, with Judaeo-Arabic translation after each verse: Oriental (? Karaite)].

[13th century]

Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer. English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 529. Variant titles: Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah. ח...

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Coptic papyrus
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Coptic Letter

7th - 8th century

Framed papyrus fragment of a Coptic letter, labelled: "COPTIC LETTER Pap: Cantab H. Loewe 1 a+b 70844" Cantab is a shortened version of Cambridge. The reference number is the original University acc...

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Archive Judaica File

[Torah ʿim targum Onḳelos : Devarim 9:25–31:16]. [תורה עם תרגום אונקלוס : דברים ט:כה-לא:טז]. [Pentateuch with Aramaic translation : Deuteronomy 9:25–31:16].

[13th century ?]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Tag'. תאג׳. Taj. Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah. חמישה חומשי תורה. State of text: Incomplete; at least 4 quires at beginning and an ...

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Book of the Dead

1200BCE-850 BCE

Framed papyrus, labelled: "Papyrus No. 2. Book of the Dead, written for Jed-Khensu, who bears the title of "Priest (nab) of Amen, scribe of the temple of Amen and scribe of the temple of Mut". The s...

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[In epistolas canonicas]
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[In epistolas canonicas]

Bede the Venerable, Saint (673-735)

[ca. 1100-1150]

Quires numbered at the end. Decoration: 7 large initials on decorated blue, or blue and green grounds, outlined and touched with red. Written in Continental Caroline Minuscule. Principal content...

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Archive Judaica Item

[Latin account-roll of William de Rothing, Sheriff of Norfolk, directed to the Bailiffs of Norwich, including crown-debts in Norwich, 1286–1287, lists of sums owed by Norwich Christians to the justices of the Jews, 1265–1266, 1270–1271, 1279–1288, and a portrait-caricature of a Jew].

[1287–1288]

Title supplied by cataloguer. First membrane is written on both sides (opisthograph). A discussion and full transcription of MS Roth *270 provides Roth’s student, Vivian D. Lipman, “The Roth...

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Royal charter of confirmation

12 Mar 1205

1. John, King of England 2. The Nuns and Priory of Appleton (Nun Appleton in Yorkshire) Recital and confirmation of all previous grants of land, which all except for the last two grants were conta...

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Cowton, North Riding of Yorkshire: grant

c1201-1218

Grant by Conan, son of Elias ['Helyas'] to William de Merlay of two bovates of land in the vill of Cutona Witnesses: Roald, constable of Richmond; Brien son of Alan; Roger de Lascelles; Robert de La...

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De officiis
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De officiis

Cicero, Marcus Tullius

[12th century]

Ff. 39-41 were written by a later, possibly 14th-century, hand. Annotations throughout the manuscript are written in three different hands. Decoration: a 2-line initial in red begins the first book ...

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[Latin Bible]
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[Latin Bible]

Eden, Sir Robert Johnson (1774-1844); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor; Sams, Joseph

13th century

Manuscript in Latin in Gothic bookhand (textura) on parchment, containing the text of the Old and New Testaments. Decoration: Minimal decoration, but occasional fine decorated capitals in red and blue...

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