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Total number of records: 1616
Count of Record type
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 821 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 475 |
| Coin Collection | 384 |
| English Literature | 263 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 9 |
| Quaker Collection | 8 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 8 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 6 |
| International Textile Collection | 2 |
| Cookery Collection | 1 |
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: Place
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Anonymous | 197 |
| Huizong, 1101-1125, of the Northern Song Dynasty | 77 |
| Shenzong, 1068-1085, of the Northern Song Dynasty | 67 |
| Renzong, 1022-1063, of the Northern Song Dynasty | 58 |
| Zhezong, 1086-1100, of the Northern Song Dynasty | 42 |
| Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814) | 39 |
| Ningzong, 1195-1224, of the Southern Song Dynasty | 28 |
| Lizong, 1225-1264, of the Southern Song Dynasty | 26 |
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 25 |
| Deperthes, Jean Louis Hubert Simon | 24 |
Count of Earliest date
Title: A song
Author: Leveridge, Richard
Date(s): 1735 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 53
Contents: On the diminution of the English race, changed from the days of beef-eating.
Lacks st.6 of the printed version
Title: A song
Author: Fountain, John
Attribution: John Fountain
Date(s): 165- ?
Manuscript: Lt 78
Contents: Song lamenting personal sorrow
Title: A song
Author: Fountain, John
Attribution: John Fountain
Date(s): 1660 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 78
Contents: Love song in which the poet's heart tells him not to leave his beloved Stella
Title: A song
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1697 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 15
Contents: Love song, on the suffering caused by a beloved
Title: A song
Author: Dallaway, James
Attribution: James Dallaway
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 83
Contents: Love poem, praising a young woman's beauty and intelligence, wishing she
could be his.
Title: A song
Author: Lee, Nathaniel
Date(s): 1680 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 24
Contents: Pastoral love song from Lee's play "Theodosius", 1680
Title: A song
Author: Stanhope, Philip Dormer; Earl of Chesterfield
Date(s): 172- or 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 20
Contents: Love song, urging present enjoyment of love-making on the grounds that
subsequent repentance will cause happiness in heaven
Title: A song
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt 24
Contents: Pastoral love poem. At end, "G----F----r's, [Christmas] Eve, [1734]".
Title: Song
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Love poem, hoping that the grief of bereavement will soon give way to new
desire
Title: Song
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Love poem, urging present enjoyment
Title: Song
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Love poem, urging present enjoyment. Followed by an "Answer", BCMSV 219
Title: Song
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: Wooing and love-making compared with laying siege to and attacking a town