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Christ and Ecclesia (fol. 267r)
Archive Piece

Christ and Ecclesia (fol. 267r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'O' encloses a scene of Christ speaking to Ecclesia, crowned, symbolising the New Covenant.

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Coin

Denomination: triens

Date(s): 211-23 BCE

Place: Rome

Material: copper alloy


Archive File

Two papers on the philosophy of music; read before the Philosophical & Literary Society of Leeds on the 17th February & 3rd March 1826 by William Hey, one of its vice-presidents

Hey, William (1772-1844)

1826

Not in William Hey's hand. Written on one side of the paper only, with occasional diagrams and notes on the other. The final 14 ff. are blank

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shawl sample
Textile

shawl sample

19th century

Sample of twill woven cloth with a stylised, all over, floral design with narrow borders at each side. The flowers are all outlined in cream wool embroidered in stem stitch. The sample is pale brown i...

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Archive Judaica Item

[Maʿaseh bet din de-ḳ.ḳ. London]. [מעשה בית דין דק׳׳ק לונדון]. [Minutes and transactions of the London rabbinical court under the presidency of Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirschell].

Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Great Britain)

[1805-1836]

Hebrew title supplied from the now lost original binding of the manuscript (as quoted in Roth's notes bound with the item and by Hirsch Jakob Zimmels, "Legal Decisions and Responsa from the Court of R...

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Archive Print Item

Demonstraçam da verdade de nossa sancta fee contra os erros iudaicos

Ferreyra, Antonio; Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)

1670

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