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Total number of records: 90

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Coins35
Books and printed items29
Archives26

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Brotherton Collection42
Coin Collection35
Incunabula29
Medieval Manuscripts18
Ripon Cathedral5
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
Cookery Collection1

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saints4
christ3
virgin mary3
angels2
fabulous animals2
animals1
apocalyptic literature1
birds1
chronology, historical1
church renewal1

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Rome19
Antioch2
Bostra2
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Constantinople2
Military Mint, Moving With Sulla2
Florence (Italy)1
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Norwich (England)1
Penzance (England)1

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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)28
Baron Brotherton22
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton22
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton22
Lord Brotherton22
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton22
Cypressus, Georgius Petrus7
Risenfels, Ferdinand Heinrich Freiherr (1688-1754)7
Risenfels, Ferdinand Heinrich6
Torti, Battista (1481-1536)6

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Crowning of Pepin (image 25)
Archive Piece

Crowning of Pepin (image 25)

[ca. 1461-1483]

The roundel on the left shows the crowning of Pepin, or Pippin the Younger, the king of Franks and the father of Charlemagne (46). The roundel on the right depicts the destruction of Britain. It has s...

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Head of Christ with the Crown of Thorns (fol. 142r)
Archive Piece

Head of Christ with the Crown of Thorns (fol. 142r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'A' inhabited with a frontal portrait of Christ.

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Coin

Denomination: follis

Date(s): 350-03-01-350-12-25

Issuer/creator: Vetranio (350)

Place: Sisak

Material: copper alloy


Coin

Denomination: victoriatus

Date(s): 211-208 BCE

Material: silver


Coin

Denomination: victoriatus

Date(s): 211-208 BCE

Material: silver

Christ and Ecclesia (fol. 267r)
Archive Piece

Christ and Ecclesia (fol. 267r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'O' encloses a scene of Christ speaking to Ecclesia, crowned, symbolising the New Covenant.

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Solomon speaking to a prophet (fol. 264v)
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Solomon speaking to a prophet (fol. 264v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'V' encloses a scene of King Solomon, crowned, speaking to a prophet. The border has a bird and a head of a grotesque or an animal.

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Coin

Denomination: quinarius

Date(s): 88 BCE

Issuer/creator: Gaius Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus

Place: Rome

Material: silver

penny
Coin

Denomination: penny

Date(s): c. 1314 - 1317

Issuer/creator: Edward II

Place: Canterbury

Material: silver alloy

penny
Coin

Denomination: penny

Date(s): 1066

Issuer/creator: Edwine

Place: Canterbury

Material: silver


Coin

Denomination: victoriatus

Date(s): 211-08 BCE

Material: silver

Solomon instructing Rehoboam (fol. 147v)
Archive Piece

Solomon instructing Rehoboam (fol. 147v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'A' encloses the scene of King Solomon, wearing a crown and holding a feather quill and an ink bottle (?), teaching Rehoboam, who is holding a book.

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