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Total number of records: 4895

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Archives25
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Brotherton Collection1700
Quaker Collection647
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society332
Ripon Cathedral273
English Literature225
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections220
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society42
Herbert Read Collection22
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture20
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Society of Friends364
Fox, George (1624-1691)143
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Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)71
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)69
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)61
Herschel, Sir John F W (1792-1871)54
C F Lawler53

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Calendar: March (fol. 3r)
Archive Piece

Calendar: March (fol. 3r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a man pruning, and the zodiacal sign of Aries (the ram). In the border are depicted three figures, two bishops and a pope, possibly St. Albinus, bishop of Angers a...

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Calendar: August (fol. 8r)
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Calendar: August (fol. 8r)

[ca. 142-?]

The double-compartment miniature has a man threshing, and the zodiacal sign of Virgo (the virgin). The scenes in the historiated border are: St. Peter holding a key and a book; St. Stephen holding sto...

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Burial service (fol. 7v)
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Burial service (fol. 7v)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Full-page miniature depicting a burial service, defaced in the Reformation period and partially repainted much later. A priest stands at the altar, four clerics stand at the side, and six mourners, cl...

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God speaking to Moses (fol. 48v)
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God speaking to Moses (fol. 48v)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'L' encloses a scene ofGod speaking to Moses.

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Solomon prays for Wisdom (fol. 158r)
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Solomon prays for Wisdom (fol. 158r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'C' encloses the scene of Solomon praying for wisdom; God appears to him in a dream (?).

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Second front flyleaf recto

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

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Sixth front flyleaf verso (foldout open)

M.cccc.l.xxvii. die primo Iullii. [1 July 1477]

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Brimfield Response Book - 15He1
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Book I: The Farm [Brimfield Response Book]

Sykes, Donald Richard

15 Jun 1955 - 21 Jun 1955

Words and phrases that answer the questions from the Survey of English Dialect relating to the farm. The answers of informant Harley Griffiths recorded by fieldworker Donald Sykes in the Internation...

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Preliminary page 15
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Preliminary page 15

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

Signature: πA15

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Henry the Fourth, Part One. III. i. 209 - III. ii. 47

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (62)

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Henry the Sixth, Part One. IV. i. 1 - IV. i. 121

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (110)

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