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Total number of records: 53

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Archives26
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Coins6
Textiles1

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Brotherton Collection23
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society13
Medieval Manuscripts12
Incunabula10
Coin Collection6
Ripon Cathedral5
International Textile Collection1

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manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)7
books of hours4
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alchemy1
arithmetic1
chants (plain, gregorian, etc.)1
christ1
classical literature1
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Patricia2
Arles1
Berytus1
Egypt1
Middleton; Ilkley; Yorkshire West Riding1
Province of Dacia1
Rome1

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Catholic Church7
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)6
Baron Brotherton3
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton3
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton3
Corallus, Stephanus3
Crawford, William Horatio (1815?-1888)3
Eck, Leonhard Von (1480-1550)3
Eck, Oswald Von (1573)3
Kloss, Georg Franz Burkhard (1787-1854)3

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The two St. Johns (fol. 129r)
Archive Piece

The two St. Johns (fol. 129r)

[ca. 1490]

Above, St. John the Baptist is shown holding the Lamb of God. Below, St. John the Apostle holds the poisoned chalice, the poison signified by a small dragon or snake.

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St. Peter and St. Paul (fol. 129v)
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St. Peter and St. Paul (fol. 129v)

[ca. 1490]

St. Peter is shown holding a key, wihle St. Paul holds a sword, the instrument of his martyrdom.

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 101-2

Issuer/creator: Trajan (98-117)

Place: Rome

Material: silver

Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)
Archive Piece

Man and bird-lion (fol. 15r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man sitting on a pillow and holding a wooden club, and a grotesque in the form of a half-lion and a bird.

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St. Bartholomew, the Apostle (fol. 32v)
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St. Bartholomew, the Apostle (fol. 32v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

St. Bartholomew, holding a knife-like sword.

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Archive Item

Lease for a term with warranty

2 Feb 1342

1. John son of Hawis of Snayth [Snaith] 2. William de Gaynsburgh dwelling in Couwik John demises for a term to William one selion of land in the east field of Snayth between the land of William le...

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mummy cloth
Textile

mummy cloth

early 11th-mid 7th Century BCE

Rectangular fragment of fine, light brown, plain woven fabric.

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Trinity (fol. 233v)
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Trinity (fol. 233v)

[ca. 1260]

The two 'D' initials enclose representations of the Trinity, the second being a so-called Gnadenstuhl Trinity.

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Archive Print piece

[*]5r

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

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Archive Print piece

F7r

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

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Archive Print piece

2gg6r

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

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Archive Print piece

G7r - Temple of Vesta

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

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