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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, BOD: Douce O subt. 15
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1606
    Language
    Latin
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    • Based on Mercator's 21-sheet map of 1569, with amendments by Ortelius to 1587, in Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Buchanan e.111
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1748
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • The elaborate binding has been provided with a protective box, which has been decorated to an equally
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden A. 56
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1576–1625
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Sefer ha-Peliʼah, attributed to the Tannaitic sage Neḥunya ben ha-Kanah (ff. 79r-217r).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 300
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1450-1460
    Language
    Latin
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    • Companion manuscript to MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 298.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 23b
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1125
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    • Part 1 bequeathed, perhaps already bound with Part 2, to Osney Abbey near Oxford by Master Henry of Langley
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Oxford University Archives WPBeta/N/5a
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    27th June 1335
    Language
    Latin
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    • Charter of new privileges granted to the University of Oxford. Dated from the Tower of London.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canonici Or. 9
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1476–1500
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Meir ben Solomon Alguadez, Introduction to Aristotle's Ethics (ff. 29r-33v).Meir ben Solomon Alguadez's
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 572
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    900
    Language
    Latin, English, Old (ca. 450-1100), Cornish, Welsh
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    • and Old English, 9th and 10th centuries with 11th-century additions, later belonging at least in part to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Jap. b.2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1613
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    • The original vermillion-seal document of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, granting trade privileges in Japan to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 123
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Humanistic script and probably also the illumination attributable to Felice Feliciano.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 133
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    dated 1558
    Language
    Latin
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    • Chain remains which tied the manuscript to the bookshelf.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS.Selden supra 105
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1620–1629
    Language
    Chinese
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    • The map, thought to date from the 1620s, arrived at the Bodleian in 1659 with the bequest of the London
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, BOD: 8' Z 251 Th.
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1705
    Language
    English
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    • creation of the world, the causes and effects of the deluge and the dissolution of the world, according to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 161
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1457
    Language
    Latin
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    • Illuminations attributed to Leonardo Bellini or circle. Humanistic script.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 710; MS. Laud Misc. 711
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1563
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Manuscripts issued to M. Bono in 1563.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. poet. a. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1381–1400
    Language
    Latin, Anglo-Norman, English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • extent of its vernacular Middle English texts whilst its plentiful decoration and illumination serve to
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    Oxford. Exeter College, 9M 6795+
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Exeter College
    Date
    1533
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Commonly referred to as 'The Tinners' Charter'.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 454
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1375–1400
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • fragments from Baḥya ben Joseph ibn Paḳuda's Al-Hidāja ʼilā farāʼid al-qulūb (The book of direction to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 45.14
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1786
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Heraldry was often used for presentation bindings, to flatter the recipient.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Top. gen. c. 25
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1665–1693
    Language
    English, Latin
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    • and are of considerable value from the numerous illustrations and the first-hand information relating to