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Archive Print piece

The Tempest. III. ii. 36 - III. ii. 161

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (12)

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The martyrdom of the 11,000 virgins (fol. 161v)
Archive Piece

The martyrdom of the 11,000 virgins (fol. 161v)

[1450-1475]

St. Ursula and her companions, the eleven thousand virgins, are shown being killed outside the walls of Cologne.

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Measure for Measure. IV. ii. 37 - IV. ii. 161

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (76)

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Love's Labour's Lost. V. i. 161 - V. ii. 122

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (137)

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 114-17

Issuer/creator: Trajan (98-117)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


Archive File

Vegetabilium historia, Animalium historia, Fossilium historia, etc. Notes written in a small hand on these subjects and divided into 161 sections (processus)

16--

Comprises: (1) Vegetabilium historia, (ff. 1-39); (2) Animalium historia, (ff. 40-50); (3) Fossilium historia, (ff. 51-78); (4) Index and Addenda, (ff. 79-82)

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Title: A letter from J.P. to Colonel Heveningham occasion'd by the Colonels two late

letters

Author: Anonymous

Attribution: J.P.

Date(s): 1698

Manuscript: Lt q 38

Contents: Lighthearted poem supposedly criticising Henry Heveningham for writing the

two previous poems (BCMSV 159 and BCMSV 160) while satirising the wits

(including the Knights of the Toast) whom he was meant to have attacked

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Two men (fol. 31r)
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Two men (fol. 31r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a kneeling man holding a big hat and a wooden staff, and a man with a backbag and a wooden stick.

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