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Total number of records: 93

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	55
Archives	27
Indexes	6
Coins	5

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	38
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	15
English Literature	7
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse	6
Incunabula	6
Quaker Collection	6
Ripon Cathedral	6
Coin Collection	5
Medieval Manuscripts	4
Cookery Collection	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
history, ancient	3
judaism -- liturgy -- texts.	3
military art and science	3
christian life	2
classical literature	2
latin literature	2
mahzorim -- texts.	2
manuscripts, hebrew -- 15th century -- texts.	2
protestantism	2
quaker church buildings	2

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Rome	6
Greece	3
Antioch, Syria	2
Antioch	1
Bedarrides (France)	1
Comtat Venaissin (France)	1
Cracow (Poland)	1
Dhamar (Yemen)	1
Florence (Italy)	1
Great Britain	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)	10
Estienne, Henri (1531-1598)	6
Plutarch	6
Barclay, Robert (1648-1690)	4
Aeneas Tacticus	3
Casaubon, Isaac (1559-1614)	3
Catholic Church	3
Gronovius, Jacobus (1645-1716)	3
Polybius	3
Anonymous	2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From earliest	3
From 100	1
From 500	1
From 1200	5
From 1300	2
From 1400	11
From 1500	20
From 1600	50

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 99	3
Up to 199	1
Up to 599	1
Up to 1299	4
Up to 1399	3
Up to 1499	10
Up to 1599	19
Up to 1699	52

Archive Piece

Pentecost (fol. 178v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

The dove of the Holy Ghost descends upon the Virgin, seated in the centre of the apostles, who are assembled around her. The Virgin and one of the Apostles (St John?) are holding books. Rays, painted ...

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