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Total number of records: 126

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Coins106
Archives19
Books and printed items1

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Coin Collection106
Brotherton Collection10
Medieval Manuscripts10
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society4
Ripon Cathedral1

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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)2
baths1
ethics1
fabulous animals1
toilets1

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Athens7
Rome2
Al-Andalus1
Corinth1
Grimston; Kirkby Wharfe; Yorkshire West Riding1
Kirkstall Abbey; Headingley; Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding1
Middleton; Ilkley; Yorkshire West Riding1
Potidaea1
Seleucia1
Thebes1

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People and organisationsCount
Renzong, 1022-1063, of the Northern Song Dynasty14
Huizong, 1101-1125, of the Northern Song Dynasty11
Wang Mang, 7-23, of the Xin Dynasty10
Taizong , 976-997, of the Northern Song Dynasty6
Shenzong, 1068-1085, of the Northern Song Dynasty5
Zhenzong, 998-1003, of the Northern Song Dynasty5
Zhezong, 1086-1100, of the Northern Song Dynasty5
Yingzong, 1064-1067, of the Northern Song Dynasty3
Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998)2
Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor2

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Coin

Denomination: tetarteron

Date(s): 1118-1122

Issuer/creator: John II (1118-43)

Place: Thessalonica

Material: copper alloy

Anastasius
Archive Item

Anastasius

c13th century

Qaestiones et Responsiones. A copy of the questions and responses relating to pastoral theology attributed to the seventh-century monk Anastasius of Sinai, but probably compiled in the ninth or tenth ...

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[In epistolas canonicas]
Archive Item

[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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De officiis
Archive Item

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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[Greek Gospels]
Archive Collection

[Greek Gospels]

McLeish, Charles (1949-); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor

10th century

Manuscript in Greek Minuscule on parchment, containing the text of the Gospels, with lectionary divisions in margins. Imperfect: wanting numerous leaves and with some sections of the text supplied lat...

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Archive Sub-sub-collection

Middleton near Ilkley deeds

[12th century]-

For discussion of the identification of the various Middletons to which there are deeds in this collection, see the introduction to YORKSHIRE DEEDS vol IV edited by Charles Travis Clay FSA, [YORKSHIRE...

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[Latin Bible]
Archive Collection

[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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