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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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Encyclopaedia of literary and typographical anecdote : being a chronological digest of the most interesting facts illustrative of the history of literature and printing from the earliest period to the present time ([pt.1])

Timperley, Charles Henry; Nichols, John (1745-1826)

1842

A reissue, with new title page and 12 pages of additional matter, of the remainder stock of Timerley's Dictionary of printers and printing, 1839, and his Printers' manual, 1838. The Printers' manual (...

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Encyclopaedia of literary and typographical anecdote : being a chronological digest of the most interesting facts illustrative of the history of literature and printing from the earliest period to the present time ([pt.2])

Timperley, Charles Henry; Nichols, John (1745-1826)

1842

A reissue, with new title page and 12 pages of additional matter, of the remainder stock of Timerley's Dictionary of printers and printing, 1839, and his Printers' manual, 1838. The Printers' manual (...

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P. Rami, regii eloquentiæ et philosophiæ professoris, Liber de Cæsaris militia, ad Carolum Lotharingum cardinalem

Ramus, Petrus (1515-1572)

1559

Printer's mark on t.-p. Leaves 7, 68 and 114 incorrectly numbered 6, 69 and 115 respectively.

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Divinity notebook, compiled by James Webber

Webber, James

c.1800-1850

Contains: (1) ff.2-66: Commentaries on the Gospels, beginning at St Matthew, chapter 24; (2) ff.67-93: 39 articles of faith of the Church of England, as proved genuine from Scripture authority; (3) ff...

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Miscellany notebook on theological subjects, including summaries of controversial works, compiled possibly by William Birch

Birch, William

c.1560

Contains: (1) ff.1-5: various jottings, including some proverbial sayings in Hebrew on ff.3-4r; (2) ff.8-106: headed 'Bucerus' and apparently a summary of his works in Latin, dated 1551 on f.106v; (3)...

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Unpublished commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, by Francisco de Vitoria

de Vitoria, Francisco

c.1590

Contains: (1) f.1r: 'Incipiunt annotationes Francisci de Victoria in 4m sentenciarum...(defective text)'; (2) f.12r: 3.P.S.Tho. Q.60. Ar.1 (3 pars S.Thome, questo 60, articulus 1), headed 'iste est an...

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Miscellany notebook on theological subjects, in Latin, with some English notes in the hand of Anthony Higgin

Higgin, Anthony

15--

Contains notes on theological subjects, Biblical commentary, etc., including the following headings: (1) f.19: 'Lingua peregrina in Ecclesia non utenda; (2) f.23: 'De lingua vulgari'; (3) f.36: 'Desce...

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Anonymous miscellany of short Latin compositions on various literary themes and philosophical maxims

c.1575

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 5...

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