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Cyrus points up to God (fol. 172r)
Archive Piece

Cyrus points up to God (fol. 172r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'I' encloses the scene of Cyrus, the King of Persia, pointing to God, who has a cruciform halo and holds a book.

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The Winter's Tale. V. i. 172 - V. ii. 53

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (300)

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Troilus and Cressida. IV. v. 52 - IV. v. 172

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: -

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Troilus and Cressida. IV. v. 172 - V. i. 1

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: -

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 134-8

Issuer/creator: Hadrian (117-38)

Place: Rome

Material: silver


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figurine

No date

A figurine, ushabtis or amulet depicting a human figure in a pale stone. The lower section is missing. The figure has a long wig and hieroglyphs on the front.

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Extracts from printed books

No date

Miscellaneous: extracts from printed books, including Percy's Reliques, Morison, Exhortation to styrre... ; Munday, Discoverie of Edmund Campion, etc.

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Sales Ledger

January 1833-December 1854

[Numbered 1 on spine] [With index]

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A travelling county atlas : with all the coach and rail roads accurately laid down and coloured, and carefully corrected to the present time

Hall, Sidney (fl.1817-1860)

1842

This contains further reprints of the maps from Gorton's Topographical dictionary of 1831-3. The county maps now show the parliamentary county divisions outlined in distinctive colours, and the main r...

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Lexicon hebraicum et Chaldaicum : complectens omnes voces, tam primas quàm derivatas, quae in Sacris Bibliis, Hebraeâ, & ex parte Chaldaeâ linguâ scriptis, extant

Buxtorf, Johann (1564-1629); Roth, Cecil (1899-1970); Roth, Leon (1896-1963); Jackson, Thomas

1676

Hebrew title on verso of t.-p.

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DEEDS, WILLS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATING TO AISKEW AND BEDALE

1657-1860

Relating to Fothergill, Sykes, Mearyweather, Cumming, Staplyton, Horner, Tomlinson and Earle families

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