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Brotherton Collection3
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Ripon Cathedral2
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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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books of hours3
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)3
protestantism2
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Catholic Church3
Birch, William1
Bucer, Martin (1491-1551)1
Clifton Family1
Higgin, Anthony1
Pilkington, James1

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mummy cloth
Textile

mummy cloth

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Rectangular fragment of fine, cream/light brown, plain woven fabric. The fragment includes and end fring of 11.5cm. long warp threads.

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[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]
Archive Item

[Breviarium ad Usum Parisiensem]

[ca. 1440-1460]

Decoration: 27 large arched miniatures, seven historiated 9-line initials, and several 1-4-line decorated initials and line-fillers throughout. Fine rinceaux border throughout the manuscript. Dr J. J....

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1450-1500]

Decoration: 5 (2 to 6-line) initials in blue or pink patterned in white, infilled with flowers, and on gold grounds, within full framed floral borders including designs of hens, berries, a bird and a ...

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Archive File

Miscellany notebook on theological subjects, including summaries of controversial works, compiled possibly by William Birch

Birch, William

c.1560

Contains: (1) ff.1-5: various jottings, including some proverbial sayings in Hebrew on ff.3-4r; (2) ff.8-106: headed 'Bucerus' and apparently a summary of his works in Latin, dated 1551 on f.106v; (3)...

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

Clifton family

[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]

The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times. Decoration: Three 8 t...

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Archive File

Miscellany notebook on theological subjects, in Latin, with some English notes in the hand of Anthony Higgin

Higgin, Anthony

15--

Contains notes on theological subjects, Biblical commentary, etc., including the following headings: (1) f.19: 'Lingua peregrina in Ecclesia non utenda; (2) f.23: 'De lingua vulgari'; (3) f.36: 'Desce...

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Archive Item

Gift

2 Jul 1403

1. John Walker of Snayth 2. Thomas de Cowyk

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