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Total number of records: 192

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Books and printed items131
Archives39
Indexes13
Coins8
Textiles1

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Brotherton Collection62
English Literature19
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society19
Quaker Collection18
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse15
Ripon Cathedral11
Incunabula9
Coin Collection8
Cookery Collection2
Medieval Manuscripts2

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society of friends7
sermons, english4
education3
education of princes3
encyclopedias and dictionaries3
theology3
art2
cabala -- early works to 1800.2
cabala -- liturgy -- texts.2
church history2

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Antioch1
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Carrhae, Mesopotamia1
China1
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People and organisationsCount
Anonymous7
Penn, William (1644-1718)6
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)5
Abauzit, M4
Abauzit, M (1679-1767)4
Bernard, Richard (1568-1641)4
Blair, Hugh (1718-1800)4
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)4
Camm, Thomas (1641-1707)4
Cantwell, Andre Samuel Michel4

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Archive Print piece

Cymbeline. I. i. 176 - I. iv. 21

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (371)

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Archive Print piece

Henry the Fourth, Part One. III. ii. 176 - III. iii. 126

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (64)

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Archive File

Leeds Petition, 1692-3, concerning the cloth trade, signed by William Calverley, mayor, and 176 others

Calverley, William

c.1692

Comprises 'the humble petition of the inhabitants within the town and parish of Leeds to the honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses in Parliament assembled'.

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 134-8

Issuer/creator: Hadrian (117-38)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


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Notes and accounts for 1689-90, kept by Sir James Tillie

Tillie, Sir James

1689-1690

Written on the blank leaves of John Partridge, Merlinus liberatus: being an almanack for ... 1690 [London: printed by R.R. for the Company of Stationers, 1690]

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panel of Yun brocade
Textile

panel of Yun brocade

early 17th century

This item is a panel of Yun brocade in typical Ming brocade style, with a dark blue ground and polychrome weft patterning. The design consists of large bao xian flowers, an auspicious floral motif wh...

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Bradfield feoffee accounts

1651-1674

Bradfield feoffee accounts and receipts, (1674, 1651). 23ff.

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Title: An encomium upon the parliament. 1699

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1699 (title)

Manuscript: Lt q 38

Contents: Satirical song strongly criticising Parliament for its conduct of affairs,

particularly financial.

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The admirable and glorious appearance of the eternal God, in his glorious power, in and through a child, of the age of betwixt eight and nine years, upon her dying bed... [etc.]

Camm, Thomas (1641-1707); Camm, Anne

1684

Caption title. Signed (p.8): Thomas Camme and Anne Camme, father and mother of the said Sarah Camme.

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