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Brotherton Collection72
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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)14
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cecil roth collection -- insertions -- research notes.5
illustrated works (manuscripts).5
jewish law -- early works to 1800.5
canon law4
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)53
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Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854)7
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Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)5

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Catalogus sanctorum et gestorum eorum ex diversis voluminibus collectus

Natalibus, Petrus de (1370-1400); Verlo, Antonio; Sancto Ursio, Henricus de (1480-1508); Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

Anno salutis.M.CCCCLXXXXIII. p[ri]die Id[us] Dece[m]bris. [12 December 1493]

Signatures a⁶ b-u⁸ x⁶ y-z⁸ [&]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁶ A-B⁸ C-N in alternate 6s and 8s O-R⁸ S⁶. Imprint from colophon. Colophon on R8v reads: Catalogi sancto[rum] per reuere[n]dissimu[m] ...

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مجمع البحار maǧmaʿu-lbiḥār

819-1416

A poem discussing laws including prescribed penalties, crimes, marriage etcetera. Author: .حسام الدين. Ḥusāmu-dīn.

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معاجز البيان maʿāǧizul-baīān

851-1447

The volume is a commentary on the law of purchase and sale, loans, usury, marriage etcetera. The title is on the last folio, before the commentary. Author: محمود بن الياس. maḥmuud b...

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[Torah ʿim targum ʿArvi-Yehudi : Bereshit 42:30–43:24]. [תורה עם תרגום ערבי־יהודי : בראשית מב:ל-מג:כד]. [Genesismm xlii.30–xliii.24, with Judaeo-Arabic translation after each verse: Oriental (? Karaite)].

[13th century]

Hebrew title supplied by cataloguer. English title derived from Roth, "Catalogue", in Alexander Marx: Jubilee Volume, vol. 1 (New York, 1950), no. 529. Variant titles: Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah. ח...

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Gabriel Appolonius Andree Brentio S.D. feci: ut me amantissime monuisti preceptor optime. Nam hunc inscriptionum libellum quem Jacobus Zacharius... composuerat ... bibliopole efflagitanti imprimendum concessi ... [etc.]

Zacharias, Jacobus; Appolonius, Gabriel; Brenta, Andrea (1460-1485); Plannck, Stephan; Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930)

[about 1490]

Imprint from ISTC. No signatures, foliation or catchwords. Indexed in: ISTC no. iz00012500.

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[Medieval Spanish document, dated 20 (?) January 1455].

1455

"Medieval Spanish document, dated 20 (?) January 1455" One Hebrew line in black ink probably written by Roth on verso. The remaining creases of regular and horizontal folds as well as the nine sma...

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Coptic papyrus
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Coptic Letter

7th - 8th century

Framed papyrus fragment of a Coptic letter, labelled: "COPTIC LETTER Pap: Cantab H. Loewe 1 a+b 70844" Cantab is a shortened version of Cambridge. The reference number is the original University acc...

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[Torah ʿim targum Onḳelos : Devarim 9:25–31:16]. [תורה עם תרגום אונקלוס : דברים ט:כה-לא:טז]. [Pentateuch with Aramaic translation : Deuteronomy 9:25–31:16].

[13th century ?]

Title supplied by cataloguer. Variant titles: Tag'. תאג׳. Taj. Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah. חמישה חומשי תורה. State of text: Incomplete; at least 4 quires at beginning and an ...

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