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Total number of records: 524

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Archives145

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Brotherton Collection315
Medieval Manuscripts132
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections45
English Literature23
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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society15
Quaker Collection7
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1
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birds25
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insects16
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god the father8
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Baron Brotherton18
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)18
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton18
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Sir Edward Allen Brotherton18
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton17
Great Britain. Parliament17
Linley, Thomas (1733-1795)16
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Archive Print part

Will capital leave the country?

Dalton, Hugh Dalton Baron (1887-1962)

[1924]

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Album leaves : five songs

Ronald, Sir Landon (1873-1938); Dickinson, Dorothy; Watson, Julia Cook; Aldington, May; Fisher, Howard

c1911

For low voices.

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Acanthus leaves (fol. 74v)
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 74v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and flowers. 5-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Flowers and leaves (fol. 89v)
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Flowers and leaves (fol. 89v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves (and a flower?) and a large red flower with five petals. 6-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Acanthus leaves (fol. 117r)
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 117r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and flowers. 7-line foliate initial 'S'.

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Leaves and flowers (fol. 141v)
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Leaves and flowers (fol. 141v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a periwinkle. 7-line foliate initial 'G'.

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Leaves and flowers (fol. 146r)
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Leaves and flowers (fol. 146r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves, a borage, large purple and yellow flowers and pink strawberry-type flowers. 7-line foliate initial 'M'. Here begin five prayers, each beginning with a let...

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Flowers and leaves (fol. 160r)
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Flowers and leaves (fol. 160r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and two unidentified flowers. 7-line foliate initial 'S'.

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Acanthus leaves (fol. 178v)
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 178v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a flower. 7-line foliate initial 'A'.

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Acanthus leaves (fol. 183v)
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Acanthus leaves (fol. 183v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

The border is decorated with acanthus leaves and a flower. 7-line foliate initial 'A'.

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O! Leave me to my sorrow

Stevenson, Sir John (1761-1833); Loder, Edward James (1813-1865)

[ca. 1850]

Composed by Sir John Andrew Stevenson.

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Acanthus leaves and flowers (fol. 9r)
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Acanthus leaves and flowers (fol. 9r)

[ca. 1500-1520]

Curved acanthus leaves in various colours and pink daisy-like flowers decorate the lower border. 6-line foliate initial 'D' formed of acanthus leaves on a gold ground.

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