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Hawkesworth, John (1715?-1773)36
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Pimpernels (fol. 153v)
Archive Piece

Pimpernels (fol. 153v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

7-line foliate initial 'O' infilled with small pink pimpernel-type flowers.

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Hugh of Mazijnghem (fol. 153v)
Archive Piece

Hugh of Mazijnghem (fol. 153v)

[1450-1475]

A suppliant, named (over an erasure) as Hugh of Mazijnghem (the second owner of the manuscript), is depicted kneeling in prayer in front of a small altar covered with a green cloth, on which a book li...

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Archive Print piece

Coriolanus. IV. vi. 46 - IV. vi. 153

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (24)

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Archive Print piece

The Winter's Tale. I. II. 44 - I. ii. 153

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (278)

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Archive Print piece

As You Like It. III. ii. 153 - III. ii. 298

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (196)

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 140-3

Issuer/creator: Antoninus Pius (138-61)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


Archive Object Item

arrowhead

No date

An Oxo cubes tin containing a stone arrowhead.

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Archive Collection

DEEDS RELATING TO COWICK, DALTON AND ELSEWHERE

14th century-15th century

Relating to Cowick, Dalton [parish of Topcliffe], Gowdall, Heck, Hensall, Sessay, Snaith, Terrington, Whitley [parish of Kellington] and York

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Title: A dialogue between the K--g, Benting & Sun-------d. 1697

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1697 (title)

Manuscript: Lt q 38

Contents: Satire in which William Bentinck, Earl of Portland, Robert Spenser, Earl of

Sunderland, and William III discuss Louis XIV's proposals for peace between

England and France.

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A man and a monster (fol. 27r)
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A man and a monster (fol. 27r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man holding an open book, and a grotesque with a man's head on a lion's body holding twigs bundled together.

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