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Total number of records: 68

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Archives52
Books and printed items11
Coins5

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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society37
Brotherton Collection18
Medieval Manuscripts13
Coin Collection5
Ripon Cathedral5
Incunabula4

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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)4
books of hours3
god the father2
passion of christ2
animals1
conduct of life1
english poetry1
fabulous animals1
history, ancient1
illustrated works (manuscripts).1

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Aquileia1
Balne; Snaith; Yorkshire West Riding1
Caesarea1
Comtat Venaissin (France)1
Nicomedia1
Provence (France)1
Rome1
Smyrna1

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Catholic Church5
Anne (Mother of the Virgin Mary), Saint1
Badius, Josse (1462-1535)1
Birch, William1
Bucer, Martin (1491-1551)1
Chesneau, Nicolas1
Chesneau, Nicolas (1581)1
Cicero, Marcus Tullius1
Constans I (333-50)1
Dinoth, Richard (1590)1

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Dragons (fol. 141v)
Archive Piece

Dragons (fol. 141v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

3-line initial 'I' in gold on a blue/red background decorated with white penwork ornamentation of fleur de lis. A bar-frame column border in gold and blue, which extends in the upper border into a vin...

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Funeral service (fol. 141r)
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Funeral service (fol. 141r)

[ca. 1480-1500]

The miniature shows a priest clad in a decorative cloak and holding a candle, while chaplains hold a bowl, a book and a cross. Mourners on the right are dressed in black. The coffin is covered with a ...

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Leaves and flowers (fol. 141v)
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Leaves and flowers (fol. 141v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a periwinkle. 7-line foliate initial 'G'.

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The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 141r)
Archive Piece

The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 141r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'O' inhabited with Christ crucified to the cross.

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Archive Item

Lease for 141 years of a free 'meese steade'

29 Sep 1583

1 William Middleton of Stockeld 2 Richard Waters of Askewith, clothier for £60 fine or 'gressame' and 20s. per year rent

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The Three Crosses at the Crucifixion (fol. 141v)
Archive Piece

The Three Crosses at the Crucifixion (fol. 141v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Initial 'T' inhabited with the three crosses on Mount Golgotha.

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Archive Item

Lease for 141 years of two messuages or farmholds and land

16 Nov 1583

1 William Middleton of Stockeld, esquire 2 William Sykes of Askwith, yeoman Consideration: £240 and annual rent of 43s 4d; with covenant to suffer a recovery of the property within five years ...

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 103-11

Issuer/creator: Trajan (98-117)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


Archive Collection

DEEDS MAINLY RELATING TO SNAITH AREA

14th century-15th century

Relating to Balne, Carlton [parish of Snaith], Cowick, Drax, Gowdall, Heck, Hensall, Sessay, Snaith and elsewhere. Some of these are published in YRS 120 (1953). A note with the deeds reads: "From C....

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King David (fol. 21r)
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King David (fol. 21r)

[ca. 142-?]

The arched miniature depicts King David knewith God, with a tripartite halo, appearing to him in the sky. There is a rocky landscape, and a watermill on the opposite river bank. Borders of ...

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Initial 'O' (fol. 4v)
Archive Piece

Initial 'O' (fol. 4v)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Red initial 'O' with foliate infill in pink, green and ochre, on a blue ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.

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Archive Item

Gift

6 Nov 1340

1. John le Warner of Snayth 2. John de Metham

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