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Total number of records: 220

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Books and printed items153
Archives52
Indexes8
Coins6
Objects1

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Brotherton Collection55
Quaker Collection45
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society30
English Literature24
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse8
Incunabula7
Coin Collection6
Medieval Manuscripts5
Ripon Cathedral4
Cookery Collection2

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crime18
criminals18
trials18
society of friends14
english poetry8
prophecies6
quaker church buildings4
cecil roth collection -- insertions -- research notes.3
church and state3
freedom of religion3

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Great Britain12
Europe4
France2
Rome2
Ancona (Italy)1
Berlin (Germany)1
Cyprus?1
Ferrara (Italy)1
Irenopolis1
Italy1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Burrough, Edward (1633-1663)23
Gayot De Pitaval, Francois18
Gayot De Pitaval, Francois (1673-1743)18
Richer, Francois (1718-1790)18
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)10
Brothers, Richard (1757-1824)7
Martin, Josiah (1683-1747)6
Voltaire, 1694-17785
Brothers, Richard, 1757-18244
Penn, William (1644-1718)4

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Floral border (fol. 151v)
Archive Piece

Floral border (fol. 151v)

[ca. 1440-1460]

Rinceau border with cranberries, blueberries, acanthus leaves and speedwells in the upper and lower margin. A column border in the middle of the page is composed of a bar-frame of gold and blue/pink v...

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St. George and the Dragon (fol. 151v)
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St. George and the Dragon (fol. 151v)

[1450-1475]

St. George on horseback, dressed in armour (St. George's cross decorates his shield), brandishes his sword. His lance lies broken on the ground and pierced through the neck of the dragon. The princess...

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Archive Print piece

Measure for Measure. V. i. 37 - V. i. 151

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (80)

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Archive Print piece

Richard the Second. III. ii. 23 - III. iii. 151

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (36)

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Archive Print piece

Henry the Sixth, Part Three. III. iii. 35 - III. iii. 151

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (161)

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 114-17

Issuer/creator: Trajan (98-117)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


Archive Object Item

plaster casts and silver casts of small objects.

No date

Casts of 6 small objects or amulets, each having been cast in plaster and silver. Library records suggest these were for use as pin or brooch heads.

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Archive Collection

Title: A new ballad. 1697

Author: Howe, John ?

Date(s): 1697 (title)

Manuscript: Lt q 38

Contents: Satirical complaint about the condition of England during the rule

of the nine members of the Council appointed by William III during

his absence in 1697, looking to a new ruler (though not James II)

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