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Total number of records: 47

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Archives31
Books and printed items10
Coins5
Textiles1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection24
Medieval Manuscripts18
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society11
Coin Collection5
Incunabula5
Ripon Cathedral2
International Textile Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)6
books of hours3
angels1
birds1
carthusians1
chants (plain, gregorian, etc.)1
christ1
death1
judaism -- italy -- liturgy -- texts -- early works to 1800.1
judaism -- liturgy -- texts.1

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Agrigentum2
Edessa, Mesopotamia1
Egypt1
Glusburn; Kildwick; Yorkshire West Riding1
Italy1
Rome1
Trier1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Catholic Church5
Ambrose Saint, Bishop of Milan (397)1
Baron Brotherton1
Bomberg, Daniel (1483-1549)1
Braddyll Family1
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton1
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)1
Browne, John1
Calpurnius Siculus, Titus1
Catcott, A1

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Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 103r)
Archive Piece

Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 103r)

[ca. 1480-1500]

The large arched miniature depicts the crucifixion of Christ, with the Virgin Mary on the left and St. John on the right. Blood pours from Christ's wounds. The scene is set in a rocky landscape with a...

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Floral border (fol. 103r)
Archive Piece

Floral border (fol. 103r)

[ca. 1404-1425]

Full bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue with, at the corners, clusters of acanthus leaves and aroid flowers. From the border clusters of spray penwork extend gold balls with green squiggles. 7-...

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The Finding of the Cross (fol. 103r)
Archive Piece

The Finding of the Cross (fol. 103r)

[ca. 1450s]

Part of the South English Legendary

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 77-8 AD

Issuer/creator: Vespasian (69-79)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


Archive Print Item

Ḥamishah ḥumshe Torah : [Neviʼim rishonim, Neviʼim aḥaronim, Sefer Ketuvim]

Plantin, Christophe (1520-1589); Bomberg, Daniel (1483-1549); Roth, Cecil (1899-1970); Browne, John; Catcott, A; Price, T; Pinchard, Margaret Douglas; Pinchard, J

326 [1565-1566]

An edition of the Bomberg text, Venice, 1524-1525, often spoken of as "Plantin's Bomberg Bible".

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Materials for Franciscan use
Archive Item

Materials for Franciscan use

[ca. 1440-1460]

15th-century table of contents inside the front cover. Written in German cursive book script. Principal contents: manual for Franciscan friars with various texts, including ff. 1r-111r Topics prov...

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LETTERS PATENT OF PHILIP AND MARY CONFIRMING PRIVILEGES TO THE ARCHBISHOPS OF YORK

1557

Priviledges relating to treason, assizes, gaol delivery, seizure of forfeited goods, treasure trove, collection of fines and amercements, markets, prisons in Beverley and Ripon, free waren in their de...

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Floral border and initial (fol. 40r)
Archive Piece

Floral border and initial (fol. 40r)

[ca. 1480-1500]

4-line initial in blue and gold, infilled with a pink and yellow flower, with white penwork decoration. Three-sided border of flowers, leaves and gold discs with concentric penwork tendrils.

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Archive Item

Lease

30 Sep 1365

1. Avelyn de Aclom 2. Sir William de Aclom

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mummy cloth
Textile

mummy cloth

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. With dark brown staining around part of the edge.

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Archive Print piece

E2r

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

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