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Total number of records: 89

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Archives33
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Brotherton Collection42
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society16
Medieval Manuscripts11
Coin Collection8
English Literature8
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse5
Incunabula5
Quaker Collection5
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Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)9
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)3
Bernard Quaritch Ltd3
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Charles King of England (1630-1685)3
Drescher, Arthur Bruno (1895-1986)3
Fletcher, John (1579-1625)3
Lowin, John (1576-1659)3
Marshall, William (1617-1650)3
Peter Harrington London3

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Wagtail and flowers (fol. 156r)
Archive Piece

Wagtail and flowers (fol. 156r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with a wagtail, a butterfly, a beetle, strawberry flowers, a periwinkle, a speedwell, a pink, grapes, a water bird and curved acanthus leaves. 7-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Buttercup seedpods (fol. 156v)
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Buttercup seedpods (fol. 156v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The 7-line foliate initial 'O' is infilled with tall buttercups with seedpods.

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Last Judgement (fol. 156v)
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Last Judgement (fol. 156v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Christ seated on a rainbow in judgement, with the golden globe at his feet, surrounded by two angels with trumpets. Virgin Mary and St. John kneel in prayer, while four bodies are raised from their gr...

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Virgin Mary (?) (fol. 156v)
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Virgin Mary (?) (fol. 156v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The initial 'H', composed of acanthus foliage, is inhabited with the praying Virgin Mary, or possibly a nun, clad in a blue dress with white cuffs and a white head-dress. There are 1-line initials alt...

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Archive Print piece

Coriolanus. V. vi. 70 - V. vi. 156

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (30)

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Measure for Measure. II. i. 18 - II. i. 156

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (65)

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St Nicholas and St Bernardine of Siena (fol. 156v)
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St Nicholas and St Bernardine of Siena (fol. 156v)

[1450-1475]

St. Nicholas is depicted with a mitre and a crozier, blessing. Bernardine of Siena, a Franciscan friar, is depicted holding a book and with three mitres at his feet. He points at a golden tablet on th...

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Archive Print piece

The Two Gentlemen of Verona. III. i. 27 - III. i. 156

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (29)

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Archive Print piece

Henry the Sixth, Part One. III. i. 40 - III. i. 156

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (106)

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Henry the Sixth, Part Two. V. i. 156 - V. ii. 64

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (145)

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 139

Issuer/creator: Antoninus Pius (138-61)

Place: Rome

Material: silver