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Total number of records: 556

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Archives239
Objects8
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Indexes1

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Brotherton Collection386
Incunabula213
Medieval Manuscripts128
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society56
Ripon Cathedral38
Cookery Collection4
International Textile Collection3
Coin Collection1
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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)27
virgin mary14
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christ11
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angels8
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Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)196
Baron Brotherton120
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton120
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton120
Lord Brotherton120
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton120
Catholic Church27
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)18
Koberger, Anton14
Badius, Josse (1462-1535)12

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Archive Print Item

Red vnnd antwurdt vom Clösterlichen standt : ob der ein anfang vnd fundamẽt hab auss Götlicher geschrifft. Jörg von Vlm. Brüder Hans

Jörg von Ulm; Hans, Bruder (fl. 1400)

1530

Signatures: A-F⁸ G⁴. Title within woodcut border. A supposed dialogue between Jörg von Ulm and Brüder Hans. Anon.

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Archive Print Item

The historye of Italye : a booke exceding profitable to be red: because it intreateth of the astate of many and dyuers common weales, how they have bene, and now be governed

Thomas, William (1554)

1561

Dedication signed: Wylliam Thomas. Colophon dated 1561. Leaves [4] (not present in this copy) and [76] are blank. Sig. A is found in two settings: leaf 1v has catchword "enough" or "enoughe". ...

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Thistles, pears and periwinkles (fol. 154v)
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Thistles, pears and periwinkles (fol. 154v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The border is decorated with pink thistles, periwinkles, pears and curved acanthus leaves. There is a 2-line initial 'A' in blue and red on a gold ground, and there are 1-line intials in gold on blue ...

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Tulips (fol. 188v)
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Tulips (fol. 188v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The border is decorated with yellow tulips, campanulas and curved acanthus leaves. 2-line initials 'E' in blue and red on gold grounds, and 1-line intials 'A' in gold on blue and red grounds. Line-fil...

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Archive Object Item

fragment of vessel

No date

Part of a foot and body of a red clay vessel.

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Commentarii in Vergilii opera
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Commentarii in Vergilii opera

1471/2

Place of publication: Florence, Italy Typology: Roman Initials: None. Illustrations: None. Layout: Text fully aligned; margins marked out in red ink.

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Initial 'M' (fol. 130r)
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Initial 'M' (fol. 130r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Initial 'M', halved in red and blue, with a white outline, infilled with curved foliage in blue, green, and red. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.

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Cest le liure des fays des Romains conpille en[sem]ble de la [...]uste et de suetoyne et du lucain [...]

[1440-1460]

The outer columns of text on ff. 6-10 are lacking. Columns are numbered with modern pencil throughout, 1-975. Decoration: 6-line incipit initial 'A' in red and green, decorated with red pen-orname...

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Death on horseback (fol. 137v)
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Death on horseback (fol. 137v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Death, represented as a black skeleton on a horse with red horns, sharp teeth and a long red tongue, rides out of trees to attack a group of frightened men

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