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Total number of records: 546

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives368
Coins113
Books and printed items65

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection385
Medieval Manuscripts324
Coin Collection113
Incunabula62
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society14
Ripon Cathedral2
International Textile Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
saints96
christ55
virgin mary53
fabulous animals42
animals33
angels29
passion of christ24
god the father20
birth and youth of christ17
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)17

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Athens7
Italy3
Rome3
Central Europe2
London2
Al-Andalus1
Canterbury1
Comtat Venaissin (France)1
Corinth1
Germany1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)61
Baron Brotherton43
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton43
Lord Brotherton43
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton43
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton41
Renzong, 1022-1063, of the Northern Song Dynasty14
Huizong, 1101-1125, of the Northern Song Dynasty11
Wang Mang, 7-23, of the Xin Dynasty10
Catholic Church8

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Archive Collection

Medieval Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)

1100-1499

Leeds University Library holds medieval manuscripts dating from the 12th to the 15th century.

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Archive Collection

JOHN CHARLESWORTH COLLECTION: EXTENT OF THE MANOR OF ACKTON

nd [15th century]

Also transcript

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Archive Item

Letters patent authorising collection of a fifteenth and a tenth in the West Riding of Yorkshire

16 Nov 1389

Issued to Nicholas de Middelton, knight, and 11 others

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Archive Collection

PHOTOCOPIES OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO BEVERLEY

(10th-15th century)

Collected in connection with study of Beverley Minster and its clergy.

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Coin

Denomination: tetarteron

Date(s): 1118-1122

Issuer/creator: John II (1118-43)

Place: Thessalonica

Material: copper alloy


Archive Print Item

In hoc corpore continentur tripertite historie ex Socrate Sozomeno et Theodorico in vnum collecte et nuper de grecto in latinum translate libri numero duodecim

Cassiodorus Senator (487-580); Schüssler, Johann (1470-1473); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Grey, Charles Hervey (1875-1955); Crawshaw, Edward

Anno salutifere incarnationis Christi Hiesu. Millesimoquadringe[n]tesimoseptuagesimosecundo; Circiter nonas februarias. [about 5 February 1472]

Signatures: [a¹² b-i¹⁰ k⁶ l¹⁰+1 m-t¹⁰ v⁶]. Title from leaf [1a]. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on leaf [192r] reads: Historie tripertite libri numero duodecim. iam domino prestante...

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Archive Sub-collection

Egyptian garments

1200 - 1400

A collection of five children's tunics, one waistcoat and two caps from the early Mameluke period.

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