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Pimpernels (fol. 153v)
Archive Piece

Pimpernels (fol. 153v)

[ca. 1500-1520]

7-line foliate initial 'O' infilled with small pink pimpernel-type flowers.

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Hugh of Mazijnghem (fol. 153v)
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Hugh of Mazijnghem (fol. 153v)

[1450-1475]

A suppliant, named (over an erasure) as Hugh of Mazijnghem (the second owner of the manuscript), is depicted kneeling in prayer in front of a small altar covered with a green cloth, on which a book li...

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153 letters from W. H. Hudson

Hudson, W H (1841-1922); Garnett, Edward (1868-1937)

1923

First edition. Title vignette (portrait). "Limited to one thousand numbered copies,..."

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153 letters from W. H. Hudson

Hudson, W H (1841-1922); Garnett, Edward (1868-1937)

1923

First edition. Title vignette (portrait). "Limited to one thousand numbered copies,..."

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Coriolanus. IV. vi. 46 - IV. vi. 153

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (24)

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The Winter's Tale. I. II. 44 - I. ii. 153

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (278)

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As You Like It. III. ii. 153 - III. ii. 298

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

1623

First Folio page number: (196)

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Title: A dialogue between the K--g, Benting & Sun-------d. 1697

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 1697 (title)

Manuscript: Lt q 38

Contents: Satire in which William Bentinck, Earl of Portland, Robert Spenser, Earl of

Sunderland, and William III discuss Louis XIV's proposals for peace between

England and France.

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A man and a monster (fol. 27r)
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A man and a monster (fol. 27r)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man holding an open book, and a grotesque with a man's head on a lion's body holding twigs bundled together.

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Floral border (fol. 41r)
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Floral border (fol. 41r)

[ca. 1470-1480]

Bar-frame border in gold and in rose/blue acanthus vine that extends into the border in curved leaves and hairline tendrils bearing trumpet flowers, heart motifs, gold pine cones and gold balls with g...

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