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Total number of records: 268

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items154
Archives96
Indexes11
Coins2
Textiles2
Art items1
Objects1
People and organisations1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection54
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society50
Quaker Collection22
English Literature20
Letters Database8
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse6
Incunabula6
Ripon Cathedral6
Cookery Collection5
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History4

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends7
manuscripts, hebrew -- 17th century -- texts.6
sermons, english6
judaism -- liturgy -- texts.4
karaites -- manuscripts -- texts.4
chemistry3
churches, quaker3
fabulous animals3
letters3
poets, english3

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PlaceCount
Great Britain10
England4
France3
Rome3
Yemen2
Arctic Ocean1
Arctic Regions1
Camarina1
China1
Earth1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends16
Elys, Edmund (1634-1707)7
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-17275
Whitehead, George (1636?-1723)5
Barclay, John (1797-1838)4
Barclay, Robert (1648-1690)4
Church of England4
Leslie, Charles, 1650-17224
Anonymous3
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3

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Peas and blueberries (fol. 169v)
Archive Piece

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.

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Resurrection of Christ (fol. 169v)
Archive Piece

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...

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 125-8

Issuer/creator: Hadrian (117-38)

Place: Rome

Material: silver

panel for woman's informal coat
Textile

panel for woman's informal coat

late 19th century

This panel is silk brocade with green satin ground and polychrome weft patterns. The patterning is composed of a four clawed dragon and a phoenix flying above the waves of the sea.

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Archive Item

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...

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Archive Object Item

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.

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Archive File

Prayers and sermons

No date

Prayers and sermons. (nb - From Rev. James Wilkinson's library).

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Archive Collection