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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. Q inf. 2.5
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1474
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France, Brescia (and Lyon?)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 190J, frame 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1575
    Language
    English
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    • From Atlas of the counties of England and Wales - scale c.1: 250,000
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 144
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1009
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Constellation of Orion as seen on a celestial globe (right) and in the sky (left).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 347
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1401–1500
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Contents: Pentateuch and Former Prophets. First volume of a two-volume set. Second volume: MS.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 161A, frame 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400
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    • The upper cover of the portolan codex, of wood inlaid with ivory and coloured woods
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    Oxford. Exeter College, MS 186
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Exeter College
    Date
    c. 1350
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • after 1868; previous owners: Petrarch (1304-1374), the Visconti Library (listed in inventories 1426 and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 396
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1449
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Hebrew Pentateuch with Targum Onḳelos and Saadia Gaon's Arabic translation after each verse.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 342
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    11th century, beginning
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Decorated initial with interlace and bird head.Selected texts of homilies in Old English.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. T. 2. 26
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    440–1450
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bywater 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century - 16th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Text: quotes from Cicero and Seneca. Rubric: 'De Divitiis'.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 22
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Blue initial D(ICIT) has pink and green interlace on gold ground.Humanistic script.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Liturg. 359
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1100
    Language
    Latin
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    • Greek and Roman alphabet. Foliate ink freeze on the side.Incomplete manuscript.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 199D, frame 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1574
    Language
    English, Latin
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    • Extensively coloured Saxton map of 1574, in 'Atlas of the counties of England and Wales, by C.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Sinica 3875
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Chinese
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    • Contains Sinica 3875/1 and Sinica 3875/2. For more details, see http://serica.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Liturg. 91
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Illumination related to the work of the Master of the Golden Scrolls and the Master of Guillebert de
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Fairfax 8
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1489
    Language
    Latin, Gaelic
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    • Written in Latin and Gaelic.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 235.5, frame 23
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1665
    Language
    English
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    • Decorated scale and compass-rose in close-up from Nicholas Comberford's portolan chart, MS.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Sinica 3879
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Chinese
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    • Contains Sinica 3879/1 and 3879/2. For more details, see http://serica.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 305
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1435
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • Written by G. de Pacy, escolastre and canon of St. Peter, Lille, in 1435.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Gough Maps Oxfordshire 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1732, 1578
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Bird's-eye view of Oxford, drawn in 1578 and engraved in 1732. Streets & principal buildings named.