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Total number of records: 148

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Books and printed items137
Archives9
Coins2

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Incunabula135
Brotherton Collection130
Medieval Manuscripts3
Coin Collection2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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canon law5
sermons, latin3
apologetics2
books of hours2
christian ethics2
christian saints2
cooking, italian2
demonology2
encyclopedias and dictionaries2
english poetry2

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Florence (Italy)2
Rome2
Termessus Major2
Asia1
Grimston; Kirkby Wharfe; Yorkshire West Riding1

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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)127
Baron Brotherton77
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton77
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton77
Lord Brotherton77
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton77
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)15
Koberger, Anton12
Doring, Mathias (1400-1469)8
Guilielmus Brito7

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Archive Collection

DEED RELATING TO GRIMSTON

nd [1195-1201]

1. William de Mala Palude, canon of York 2. William son of Herbert Property: land in Grimston' Witnesses: Simone decano, Hamone thesaurion, Adam de Torner archidiacono Ebor[acensi], Willelmo archid...

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Miscellany of Middle English religious verse and prose
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Miscellany of Middle English religious verse and prose

[ca. 1450s]

Decoration: 2 to 3-line initials in red with pen ornamentation in brown. Capitals touched in red. Catchwords in cartouches. Occasional pointing hand. Written in anglicana (main text) and anglicana f...

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De planctu ecclesie religiosi fratris Aluari Pelagij natione hÿspani iuriscanonici doctoris eximij ordinis sancti Francisci professione (f.[1]-[126])

Pelagius, Alvarus (1280?-1353); Zainer, Johannes; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni millesimoq[ua]dringe[n]tesimoseptuagesimoquarto. die vero. xxvj. octobris. [26 October 1474]

Signatures: [a-i¹⁰ K-l⁶ m-n¹⁰ o⁴ A⁶ B-P¹⁰ Q⁸ R¹⁰ S⁸ T⁹ V-Z aa-bb¹⁰ cc-ff⁸ *⁸]. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on [400v] reads: Per honorabile[m] viru[m] ioha[n]nem ...

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De planctu ecclesie religiosi fratris Aluari Pelagij natione hÿspani iuriscanonici doctoris eximij ordinis sancti Francisci professione (f.[127]-end)

Pelagius, Alvarus (1280?-1353); Zainer, Johannes; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno d[omi]ni millesimoq[ua]dringe[n]tesimoseptuagesimoquarto. die vero. xxvj. octobris. [26 October 1474]

Signatures: [a-i¹⁰ K-l⁶ m-n¹⁰ o⁴ A⁶ B-P¹⁰ Q⁸ R¹⁰ S⁸ T⁹ V-Z aa-bb¹⁰ cc-ff⁸ *⁸]. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on [400v] reads: Per honorabile[m] viru[m] ioha[n]nem ...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

Clifton family

[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]

The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times. Decoration: Three 8 t...

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Roman provincial coin
Coin

Denomination: Roman provincial coin

Date(s): 31 BCE - AD 300

Place: Termessus Major

Material: copper alloy

Brut Chronicle
Archive Collection

Brut Chronicle

Wolhouse, Anthony (1533-1587); Speed, W; Phillips, Sir Thomas (1792-1872); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor

After 1430

Manuscript in Middle English in several Anglicana bookhands on parchment containing the text of the Brut Chronicle (Prose Brut). Contemporary scribal additions in Anglicana bookhand correcting omissio...

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Roman provincial coin
Coin

Denomination: Roman provincial coin

Date(s): Mid 3rd century AD

Place: Termessus Major

Material: copper alloy

[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

Braddyll family

[ca. 1470-1480]

f. iii is a medieval flyleaf. Decoration: 1 full-page miniature depicting the burial service and 1 smaller miniature of the Virgin and Child, defaced in the Reformation period, and partially repaint...

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Cosmographia
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Cosmographia

Pomponius Mela; Solinus, Gaius Julius; Servius, Petrus (1641-); Askew, Anthony (1722-1774); Woodhull, Michael (1816-); Ingram, Mary (1824-); Severne, Amy Samuel (1846-); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor

1475

Manuscript in Latin in Humanistic bookhand on parchment, containing Pomponius Mela 'Cosmographia' [fols. 1-30r], the anonymous 'Descriptio Ligustice regionis', a description of Liguria and Genoa, [fol...

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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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Regiment of Princes
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Regiment of Princes

Hoccleve, Thomas (1369-1426); Selden (1420-); Robinson, John (16th century-16th century); Browne, Thomas (16th century-16th century); Gibbs, Frater (16th century-16th century); Pawson, Esther (17th century-17th century); Heber, Richard (1773-1833); Phillips, Sir Thomas (1792-1872); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor

c.1420

Manuscript in Middle English in Anglicana Formata on parchment, copied by the 'Selden Scribe' [ex inf.: Professor Sebastian Sobecki] containing Thomas Hoccleve's ‘Regiment of Princes’. Marginal gl...

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