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Total number of records: 38
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Top 10: Subject
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus | 3 |
| Tertullian (160-230) | 3 |
| Baron Brotherton | 2 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton | 2 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 2 |
| Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton | 2 |
| Lord Brotherton | 2 |
| Sir Edward Allen Brotherton | 2 |
| Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998) | 2 |
| Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor | 2 |
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Flowers and leaves (fol. 160r)
[ca. 1500-1520]
The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and two unidentified flowers. 7-line foliate initial 'S'.
St. Catherine and St. Barbara (fol. 160r)
[1450-1475]
St. Catherine of Alexandria is depicted holding a wheel and a sword, the instruments of her martyrdom, while standing on one of her executioners. St. Barbara is depicted holding a miniature tower.
Denomination: denarius
Date(s): 118
Issuer/creator: Hadrian (117-38)
Place: Rome
Material: silver
glass vessel
c.1000 - 500 BCE
This glass vessel or vase has a flat base, a small domed body and a long neck. There is some iridescent on the neck. Labelled on the original box as "Phoenican glass, Probably dug up at Tyre. Date be...
Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a grotesque with a woman's head wearing a head-dress and with a lion's lower body walking with a stick (tau cross), and a wyvern-like grotesque with goat's horns.
Apostle preaching (fol. 453r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'P' encloses the scene of a nimbed figure (Christ?) talking to a group of listeners. The initial is further decorated with a small grotesque head. An ornamental initial 'L' is infilled with fo...
Lease for lives with warranty
20 Feb 1367
1. Aveline de Aclum 2. Thomas son of Sir William de Aclum, Knight; George and Henry de Aclum brothers of Thomas Aveline has leased to Thomas, George and Henry a messuage in Walmegate, York which A...