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cecil roth collection -- insertions -- research notes.2
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Title: Psalme 138

Author: Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax

Attribution: F.; [Bible]

Date(s): 166- ?

Manuscript: Lt 105

Contents: Religious poem, paraphrasing Psalm 138

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St. Apollonia of Alexandria (fol. 138r)
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St. Apollonia of Alexandria (fol. 138r)

[ca. 1490]

St. Apollonia, the patron saint of toothache, is depicted with a man pulling a tooth out of her mouth with pincers. Blood pours from her mouth.

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Archive Print piece

Troilus and Cressida. V. ii. 28 - V. ii. 138

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: -

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Archive Print piece

Timon of Athens. I. ii. 10 - I. ii. 138

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (81)

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Archive Print piece

King Lear. V. iii. 138 - V. iii. 261

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (38)

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Archive Print piece

King Henry the Eighth. I. i. 138 - i. II. 11

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (207)

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Virgin Mary, Christ, St. John and Mary (fol. 138r)
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Virgin Mary, Christ, St. John and Mary (fol. 138r)

[ca.1480-1500]

The historiated initial shows St. John holding the body of the crucified Christ, with the Virgin Mary in blue, Mary Magdalene in yellow, and a third Mary gathered around. The border is decorated with ...

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Henry the Sixth, Part Three. I. iv. 138 - II. i. 75

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (152)

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 103-11

Issuer/creator: Trajan (98-117)

Place: Rome

Material: silver

Title: A dialogue between Sir Robert Howard and Colonel Titus. 1692

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1692 (title)

Manuscript: Lt q 38

Contents: Lighthearted satire on Sir Robert Howard, occasioned by his marriage in old

age to a young bride, in the form of a dialogue between him and Silius Titus

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An angel and a grotesque (fol. 19v)
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An angel and a grotesque (fol. 19v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes an angel blowing a bagpipe-type instrument, and a grotesque with a man's upper body attached to the body of a four-legged animal carrying a carafe.

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