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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799) | 92 |
| Beisson, Francois-Joseph-Etienne (1759-1820) | 92 |
| Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794) | 92 |
| Decroix, Jacques Joseph Marie (1827) | 92 |
| Voltaire (1694-1778) | 92 |
| Society of Friends | 41 |
| Burrough, Edward (1634-1662) | 39 |
| Howgill, Francis (1618-1669) | 32 |
| Fox, George (1624-1691) | 28 |
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 10 |
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glass vessel
c.1000 - 500 BCE
This glass vessel or vase has a flat base, a small domed body and a long neck. There is some iridescent on the neck. Labelled on the original box as "Phoenican glass, Probably dug up at Tyre. Date be...
Help in time of need, from the God of help. To the people of the (so called) Church of Scotland, especially the once more zealous and professing, who have so shamefully degenerated and declined from that which their fathers the primitive Protestants attained unto... Being certain particulars very weighty, amd of great concernment for them to consider seriously
Keith, George (1639?-1716); Jaffray, Alexander (1614-1673)
1665
Preface signed: Alex. Jaffray. "Writ about the beginning of the 11 month in the year 1664": p. 75. Numerous errors of pagination.
A salutation of dear and tender love to the seed of God arising in Aberdeen in two epistles. Directed unto friends of truth in that place whom the Lord hath called... to bear their testimony for his glorious truth (against an evil, adulterous, and persecuting generation)
Keith, George (1639?-1716)
1665
Indexed in: Wing K202; Smith II, 18.
Monsters and grotesques (fol. 30v)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a grotesque with a woman's head wearing a head-dress and with a lion's lower body walking with a stick (tau cross), and a wyvern-like grotesque with goat's horns.
Conveyance of messuages late in several tenures, in Nun Monkton
5 Apr 1610
1 Peter Mydleton, esquire, son and heir of William Mydleton of Stockeld, esquire, and Mary his wife, eldest daughter of David Ingilbye, gentleman, deceased 2 Henry, Earl of Northumberland, lord of...
Apostle preaching (fol. 453r)
[ca. 1260]
Initial 'P' encloses the scene of a nimbed figure (Christ?) talking to a group of listeners. The initial is further decorated with a small grotesque head. An ornamental initial 'L' is infilled with fo...
Agreement for release
24 Dec 1608
1. Henry Higson and William Moncks of Gisburn 2. John Whittacres of Lower Hall, Gisburn Agreement to release the premises as in MD335.1/1/12/1/58 if the £450 is repaid by John Whittacres or Lance...