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Title: Psalm 121

Author: Anonymous

Attribution: [Bible]

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 45

Contents: Religious poem in praise of God as protector of mankind, paraphrasing Psalm

121

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Title: Psalme 121

Author: Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax

Attribution: F.; [Bible]

Date(s): 166- ?

Manuscript: Lt 105

Contents: Religious poem, paraphrasing Psalm 121

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Title: Psalme 121

Author: Fairfax, Ferdinando

Attribution: [Bible]; Fer. Fairfax (at end)

Date(s): 163- or 164-?

Manuscript: Yks 2

Contents: Religious poem, paraphrase of Psalm 121, affirming God's capacity to protect man from sin and allay his mortal fears

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Title: Psalm 121 translated

Author: Anonymous

Attribution: [Bible]

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 45

Contents: Religious poem in praise of God as protector of mankind, paraphrasing Psalm

121

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Creation of Eve (fol. 121r)
Archive Piece

Creation of Eve (fol. 121r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

The historiated initial 'H' shows Eve, apaprently at the moment of her creation from Adam's side, reaching up in prayer to God, who is clad in a red poined papal tiara and red garments. Adam reclines ...

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The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 121r)
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The Crucifixion of Christ (fol. 121r)

[1450-1500]

Christ hangs crucified on the cross, with the Virgin Mary and St. John on either side. A centurion confesses his belief in Christ, and a group of soldiers stand behind him. The sun and moon appear in ...

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Title: The complaint. [Epigraph from Jeremiah 12.1.]

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 45

Contents: Religious poem lamenting the death of a wife, questioning its reason, and

contrasting those who live in careless prosperity; finally trusting in God and

anticipating heavenly happiness

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The Virgin Mary and the Angel Gabriel (fol. 121r)
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The Virgin Mary and the Angel Gabriel (fol. 121r)

[ca. 1490]

The small miniature shows the Virgin Mary and the angel Gabriel.

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King Henry the Eighth. II. iv. 1 - II. iv. 121

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (218)

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Archive Print piece

King Henry the Eighth. II. iv. 121 - II. iv. 241

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (217)

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Henry the Sixth, Part One. IV. i. 1 - IV. i. 121

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (110)

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