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Brotherton Collection38
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society21
English Literature12
Ripon Cathedral12
Quaker Collection9
Coin Collection7
Incunabula7
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse5
Medieval Manuscripts5
Cookery Collection2

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authors, english2
bowed stringed instruments2
english poetry2
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Augustine Saint, Bishop of Hippo8
Erasmus, Desiderius8
Erasmus, Desiderius (1536)8
Lipsius, Martinus8
Ulimmerius, Johann8
Ulimmerius, Johann (1612)8
Vives, Juan Luis8
Vives, Juan Luis (1492-1540)8
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)6
Orleans, Pierre Joseph D' (1641-1698)4

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Resurrection (fol. 170v)
Archive Piece

Resurrection (fol. 170v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Christ steps out of his tomb, blessing the two soldiers guarding it, while an angel prays alongside. The town walls of Jerusalem are seen in the landscape.

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The resurrection of souls (fol. 170r)
Archive Piece

The resurrection of souls (fol. 170r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

St. Michael the Archangel receives souls after the general resurrection to take into Heaven, where God, clad in a red papal triple tiara and cloak, holds a globe with a cross, and is surrounded by fac...

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Archive Print piece

Julius Caesar. IV. iii. 60 - IV. iii. 170

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (125)

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Antony and Cleopatra. II. ii. 54 - II. ii. 170

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (346)

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona. IV. iv. 39 - IV. iv. 170

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (35)

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 132-4

Issuer/creator: Hadrian (117-38)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


Archive File

Susannah Wilson's recepit book

1745

Susannah Wilson's receipt book. (1745). ie medical receipts.

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Archive Print Item

Johannis Buxtorfii De abbreviaturis Hebraicis liber novus & copiosus : Cui accesserunt operis Talmudici brevis recensio, cum ejusdem librorum & capitum indice. Item Bibliotheca Rabbinica nova, cum appendice, ordine alphabetico disposita

Buxtorf, Johann (1564-1629); Horreus, Jacobus (1690-1705); Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)

1696

Printed to be read from right to left. Signatures: *[sup]8 2*[sup]4 A-T[sup]8 [sup]2T[sup]8 b-n[sup]8 o[sup]4. Woodcut title vignette, initials, head- and tailpieces. "Operis Talmudici brevis re...

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Archive Collection

Title: On Mrs Bracegirle

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1698 ?

Manuscript: Lt q 38

Contents: Scurrilous attack on the actress Anne Bracegirdle, in the form of a wish

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Grotesques (fol. 35v)
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Grotesques (fol. 35v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a grotesque with the lower body of a bird and the upper body of a man holding a wooden spoon (?), and a grotesque with the lower body of a green three-legged lion and t...

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