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Catalogue of maps in the Library of the Yorkshire Geological Society

Yorkshire Geological Society

c.1910

Inserted at end: Index Map of the International Geological Map of Europe

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REVEREND JOSEPH HUNTER MANUSCRIPTS: SCHOOLBOY'S NOTEBOOK

1841-2

Marked "SJ Hunter, October 5th 1841", St Paul's School

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A king with a spade (fol. 24r)
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A king with a spade (fol. 24r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man with a pointed hat holding a hay-making rake, and a small crowned man carrying a spade.

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Initial 'O' (fol. 117r)
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Initial 'O' (fol. 117r)

[ca. 1450-1500]

Blue initial 'O' with white penwork ornamentation, and with foliate infill in blue, green, red and ochre, on a pink ground. Pasted in from another (13th-century?) manuscript.

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Nahum standing before Nineveh (fol. 377r)
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Nahum standing before Nineveh (fol. 377r)

[ca. 1260]

Initial 'H' encloses the scene of the prophet Nahum, depicted with a halo, standing in front of the city of Nineveh, announcing its fall. Two ornamental initials 'N' are decorated with foliage, and wi...

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