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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

furnishing fabric panel
Textile

furnishing fabric panel

early 19th century

This panel is symmetrically assembled from two pieces of silk brocade with a brick red satin ground and polychrome weft patterns. The central motif is a front facing five-clawed dragon. Clouds and f...

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Archive Object Item

arrowhead

No date

An Oxo cubes tin containing a stone arrowhead.

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Archive File

5 books

No date

5 books: 1. Epitaphs in Yorkshire. 2. Assassination of King Edwin. 3. Quo Warranto Pleas: extracts from MS 4. Notes and extracts from Court Rolls. 5. Monumental inscriptions.

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Archive File

Sales Daybook

1st February 1881-6th March 1884

[Numbered 11]

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