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Total number of records: 377

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items263
Archives86
Coins11
Indexes11
People and organisations4
Objects1
Textiles1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection97
Ripon Cathedral55
English Literature42
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society36
Quaker Collection35
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections23
Coin Collection11
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7
Incunabula7
Letters Database7

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
society of friends14
classical antiquities6
gems, classical6
philosophy, ancient6
furniture5
carriages and carts4
decoration and ornament4
glees, catches, rounds, etc4
christianity3
classical literature3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain10
France9
Rome8
Alexandria, Egypt2
Amazon River Valley2
Rome (Italy)2
Abbey of St Agatha, Easby [Easby Abbey]; Easby; Yorkshire North Riding1
Antioch, Syria1
Arles1
Brabant (Belgium)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Marcus Aurelius Emperor of Rome (121-180)26
Barclay, Robert (1648-1690)21
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)11
Society of Friends11
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)10
Addison, Joseph9
Carpenter, J E (1813-1885)9
Carpenter, J. E9
Steele, Richard9
Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)9

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From earliest6
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From 140010
From 150010
From 160061
From 1700142
From 1800133

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Up to 1799109
Up to 1899173

Archive Print piece

Richard the Third. IV. iv. 180 - IV. iv. 305

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (197)

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The Merry Wives of Windsor. III. iii. 19 - III. iii. 180

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (58)

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The Merry Wives of Windsor. III. iii. 180 - III. iv. 62

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (51)

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Henry the Sixth, Part One. V. iii. 180 - V. iv. 113

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (117)

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Title: Mother Greggs prophecy (180 years agoe) as it may be read at Dungwell at Edenbrough near the Colledge Gate

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 168- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 52

Contents: Supposedly ancient prophecy of the coming of William of Orange (William III) and its consequences; attributed to Mother Gregg and said to be preserved in Edinburgh. With a note: "Sir Ralph Delavall (from whom Sir J.B. had this) said he knew one

thattooke

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 143-4

Issuer/creator: Antoninus Pius (138-61)

Place: Rome

Material: silver

panel of silk damask
Textile

panel of silk damask

late 19th century

This damask panel has an orange satin ground and weft patterning in greenish grey; a pattern of stylised lotuses on curved leafy vines is used.

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