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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998) | 2 |
| Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor | 2 |
| Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961) | 2 |
| Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921) | 2 |
| Askew, Anthony (1722-1774) | 1 |
| Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) | 1 |
| Davison, John Armstrong | 1 |
| Gosse, Edmund (1849-1928) | 1 |
| Hodge, Barbara | 1 |
| Ingram, Mary (1824-) | 1 |
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Greek
Language, literature, philosophy and history of ancient Greece. The earliest book in the collection is one of a number of grammars and is dated 1602. The 17th, 18th and 19th centuries are all well rep...
[Greek Gospels]
McLeish, Charles (1949-); Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921); Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961); Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998); Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor
10th century
Manuscript in Greek Minuscule on parchment, containing the text of the Gospels, with lectionary divisions in margins. Imperfect: wanting numerous leaves and with some sections of the text supplied lat...
Thompson, W. B. Collection
Educational works used in the teaching of classics in the 19th and 20th centuries. Although most of the works themselves are in either Latin or Ancient Greek, the collection also contains some transla...
Classics, general
Many are texts of ancient classical literature; there are also some medieval religious texts. Most of the books are in Latin, but some of the Latin texts are translated from the Greek. Publication dat...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript verses on the slave trade
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
1792
Manuscript of ‘Sors misera servorum in insulis Indiae occidentalis’ (Ode on The West-Indian Slave Trade) submitted by Coleridge for the Browne Medal for classical composition in his first year at ...
General Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection)
1600-1984
Manuscripts on a range of topics including religion, engineering, poetry and language. The collection includes: Letters and papers of John Frearby Haslam; Prayers and sermons, written by Robert Sande...
John Armstrong Davison correspondence and papers
Davison, John Armstrong
1922-1969
John Armstrong Davison (1906-1966) was professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Leeds from 1951 until his death in December 1966. He was educated at Haileybury and Corpus Christ...
Paul Muldoon, autograph manuscript notebook containing drafts of poems later published in 'Mules'
Muldoon, Paul
c.1976
Comprises the autograph manuscript working notebook used for drafts of miscellaneous poems composed by Paul Muldoon and subsequently published in 'Mules' in 1977. It was apparently compiled in Corfu a...
Foreign (Brotherton Collection)
The Foreign section of the Brotherton Collection, consisting of books in European languages other than English, is divided into three categories. The 16th century section, the earliest title (French) ...
Strong Room books
The Strong Room books collection takes its name from the secure room where these early, often rare and valuable, books were originally kept. The collection is divided into two parts, one for books pri...
T.J. Wise, proof copies of pamphlets
Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)
1909-1917
Nine separate titles, as follows, printed for Wise in very limited editions, some annotated by Wise and all of them having proof corrections, often in the hand of Edmund Gosse: (1) "Letters from Alger...
Cecil Roth Collection
1200-1999
Throughout his life Cecil Roth (1899-1970) collected books, manuscripts, and art objects. The books and manuscripts of scholarly interest, and modern books, were acquired by Leeds University Library t...