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Total number of records: 34

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Archives20
Coins8
Books and printed items5
Textiles1

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Brotherton Collection16
Medieval Manuscripts11
Coin Collection8
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society7
Incunabula5
International Textile Collection1

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angels1
bible. prophets. hebrew -- texts1
books of hours1
god the father1
illustrated works (manuscripts).1
manuscripts, hebrew -- 15th century -- texts.1
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)1
virgin mary1

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Amphipolis1
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Egypt1
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Trier1

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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)2
Armand De Belvezer (1326-1334)1
Askew, Anthony (1722-1774)1
Baron Brotherton1
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton1
Catholic Church1
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton1
Constans II (641-68)1
Constantine I (306-37)1
Constantius I (293-306)1

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The Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 105v)
Archive Piece

The Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 105v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The Virgin Mary receives the crown from an angel. She kneels in front of the enthroned God the Father, who is wearing a triple tiara and holding a globe. The border is decorated with a snail, a bird, ...

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 105r)
Archive Piece

The Finding of the Cross (fol. 105r)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 105v)
Archive Piece

The Finding of the Cross (fol. 105v)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 77-8 AD

Issuer/creator: Vespasian (69-79)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


Archive Item

Gift with warranty

21 Apr 1335

1. Adam de Garton chaplain of Aldefeld 2. Thomas de Galhagh dwelling in Aldefeld Northous and to Eleanor his daughter Gift by Adam to Thomas and Eleanor of that toft with adjacent croft in Merkin...

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Archive Item

Gift with warranty

18 Oct 1441

1. Thomas Cartwright of Barneslay 2. Richard West of the same Gift by Thomas to Richard of one acre of land in the fields of Barneslay of which half an acre lies in the west field of Barneslay und...

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Archive Item

Grant for life

2 Apr 1345

1. Cecily de Neville relict of Robert son of Roger de Radeclif 2. The Abbot and Convent of the Monastery of Blessed Mary of Whalleye and their successors Cecily grants to 2 during her lifetime of ...

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mummy cloth
Textile

mummy cloth

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Rectangular fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. The fragment has five blue weft thread stripes at one edge formed of 8, 3, 3, 3 and 6 threads.

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Archive Print piece

E3r

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

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Manor of Wakefield court roll
Archive Item

Manor of Wakefield court roll

1379

To be edited for publication by J Addy and A Young

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Archive Print piece

ff7r

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

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Archive Print piece

F3r - old age (?)

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

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