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Peas and blueberries (fol. 169v)
[ca. 1440-1460]
The border is decorated with a design of peas in pods, blueberries, campanulas and curved acanthus leaves. There is a 2-line initial 'P' in blue and red with white penwork on a gold ground.
Resurrection of Christ (fol. 169v)
[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
The full-page miniaiture shows Christ risen from the dead standing on his tomb, blessing, and holding a tall cross. He is surrounded by astonished guards and soldiers. The three Maries are on the righ...
Denomination: denarius
Date(s): 125-8
Issuer/creator: Hadrian (117-38)
Place: Rome
Material: silver
An Essay towards finding the Ballance of our whole Trade annually from Christmas 169[9] to Christm[a]s 1717.
c.1717
Comprises an apparently unpublished, extensive, and detailed discussion of England's foreign trade with mainland Europe, Africa, America (tobacco etc.), and the West Indies from 1699 to 1717, based on...
cone-shaped seal
No date
A black stone cone-shaped seal with a carved cartouche of hieroglyphs, showing a scarab below a vertical bar and round symbol.
The conversion & persecutions of Eve Cohan, now called Elizabeth Verboon, a person of quality of the Jewish religion. Who was baptized the 10th of October, 1680. At St. Martins in the Fields, by the Right Reverend father in God, William, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph
Burnet, Gilbert (1643-1715); Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)
1680
By Gilbert Burnet (OCLC, Wing(2)).
Title: The wish. 1698
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1698 (title)
Manuscript: Lt q 38
Contents: Satirical attack on various named society ladies, in the form of a wish
A testimony to the power of God, being greater than the power of Satan: contrary to all those who hold no perfection here, no freedom from sin on this side of the grave. Which doleful doctrine is here testified against
Baker, Richard (1697); Baker, Mary L
1699
Mary Baker's testimony concerning her husband: p.[v].
A man and a monster (fol. 35r)
[ca. 142-?]
The historiated border includes a man with a large hat and a tau cross, and a grotesque with the lower body of a three-legged lion and the upper body of a man wearing a curious head-piece.