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Brotherton Collection3
Medieval Manuscripts3
Cookery Collection2
Coin Collection1
Quaker Collection1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1

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angels1
baptism1
christ1
fabulous animals1
fruits1
human occupations representing seasons and months1
lord's supper1
passion of christ1
society of friends1
virgin mary1

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Bacci, Andrea (1600)1
Estienne, Charles (1504-1564)1
Estienne, Francois1
Estienne, Francois (1502-1553)1
Lawson, Thomas (1630-1691)1
Lucius Censorinus1

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Grant of a shop with a wine cellar in le Bothes

20 Oct 1350

1 John son of Thomas Grenehed of Wakefield 2 Robert son of John of Wakefield Property: shop lying between the shop in which Robert Wolf lives and a certain lane, which shop the grantor had of th...

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Corpus Christi (fol. 190r)
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Corpus Christi (fol. 190r)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Christ is seated at the table with four apostles. A chalice with wine and the eucharist sits on the table, along with three loaves of bread. One of the apostles holds a knife for cutting the bread.

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 82 BCE

Issuer/creator: Lucius Censorinus

Place: Rome

Material: silver

Calendar: September (fol. 9r)
Archive Piece

Calendar: September (fol. 9r)

[ca. 1490]

The main miniature depicts two men making wine: one treads the grapes, while another carries more grapes in a basket on his back. The border miniature shows a woman representing the zodiacal sign Libr...

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Virgin Mary (fol. 18v)
Archive Piece

Virgin Mary (fol. 18v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes an angel carrying two wine carafes, an angel playing a psaltery, an angel playing a hurdy-gurdy, and a grotesque playing a brass instrument. The historiated initial has...

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Vinetum : In quo varia vitium, uvarum, vinorum, antiqua, Latina, vulgariaq[ue] nomina: Item ea quae ad vitium consitionem ac culturam ab antiquis rei rusticae scriptoribus expressa sunt, ac benè recepta vocabula, nostrae consuetudini praesertim commoda, brevi ratione continentur. In adolescentulorum gratiam ac favorem

Estienne, Charles (1504-1564); Estienne, François (1502-1553)

1537

Printer's device on the title page; Marque au cep. "Errata quaedam post iam impressum libellum obiter deprehensa."--final leaf. First ed. of Estienne's sixth children's book; an expansion of De re...

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De naturali vinorum historia de vinis Italiae et de conviviis antiquorum libri septem

Bacci, Andrea (1600)

1596

Colophon (p. 370) dated 1597. The last page is blank. Engraved title page. Engraved plate on p. 178.

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