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Janina and Zygmunt Bauman41
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University Archive5
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Beveridge, Henry (1799-1863)9
Calvin, Jean (1509-1564)9
Bartolozzi, Francesco (1727-1815)3
Basire, James (1769-1822)3
Blackburne, Francis (1705-1787)3
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista3
Hollis, Thomas, 1720-17743
Baerle, Caspar Van (1584-1648)2
Beccadelli, Lodovico (1502-1572)2
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2

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Archive File

"Lore" Cuttings (p.576-675)

c.1951-1970

Folder labelled, " Cuttings -Lore" - "No. 1701 " containing pages of mounted press cuttings. Includes references to customs and traditions (wedding/funerals/wagons) among Gypsy and Traveller commun...

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Archive File

A collection of transcripts of documents of various dates concerning the Channel Islands, mainly Guernsey, made ca. 1800

c. 1800

[1]. Orders of the Privy Council, 1568-1765 (pp. 1-74). [2]. Extracts from Acts of Parliament (pp. 75-78). [3]. Le Précepte d'Assise, 1331 etc. (pp. 80-89). [4]. Autorité des Commissaires par le ...

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 56 BCE

Issuer/creator: Gaius Memmius C.f.

Place: Rome

Material: silver

stencil
Textile

stencil

early 19th-mid 20th Century

This katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, depicts gourds and leaves on trailing vines. Gourds symbolise abundance and good fortune The style of this stencil imitates shibori resist dy...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

Before 1965

Painted design with black and orange fruit with green leaves in a box layout

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Archive Item

Letter from: Nevil Frederick Henle, Coward Chance, Royex House, Aldermanbury Square, London EC2; 11th June 1973

11/06/1973

Charitable status and the Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. 3ff.

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Name: Marshall, Samuel

Reference: Carlton Hill A1

Meeting: Knaresborough MM 1721-53

Place: Rawdon

Pages: 6, 7, 157; rep to MM 94, 101, 119, 123, 133, 134, 137, 140, 148, 444


Archive Item

Notes by HLB, [1957]

[1957]

11 ff. In pencil. Refers to a publication in February 1957

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Archive Print Item

Maʼamar ha-Torah ṿeha-ḥokhmah \

Levisohn, Mordecai Gumpel Levi (1797); Roth, Cecil (1899-1970)

531 [1770 or 1771]

"Ḥeleḳ rishon"; no more published.

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