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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • Mordechai ben Jacob from Kastoria
    • and should most likely be dated to the last quarter of the fifteenth century.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Book-covers 6
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    6th century
    • Acquisition: Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1460-1470
    Language
    heb
    • Gio An.to Costanzi
    • Padua or Venice
    • No tooling on front or back covers. Sewn on five strips of leather.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Aldine Collection, R213707
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1502
    Language
    ita
    • Manuzio, Aldo (1449 or 1450-1515)
    • Binding: Nineteenth-century full black buckram; double gilt fillet to form
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 23122
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1476
    Language
    eng
    • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, inscriber.
    • Subject(s): Ordinals (Liturgical books) -- Early works to 1800.; Advertisements
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3069 Vol. 2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    ca. 1454-1455
    Language
    lat
    • : Printed on paper (Grapes watermark, II:[10]5); Grapes watermark, II:[11]4); Walking Ox
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3069 Vol. 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    ca. 1454-1455
    Language
    lat
    • Devonshire library in 1879) on front free endpaper of Vol. 1 identifying this copy as the 'first edition' or
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Medical (pre-1701) Printed Collection, 318
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1548
    Language
    eng
    • Copland, William, -1568 or 1569.
    • Subject(s): Herbals -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine -- Early
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 98
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20
    • From these we may obtain a good idea of the miniatures it now lacks.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 412
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    enm
    • England, Winchester or St. Albans
    • '[F]or þt we ben in þe wey... wt his herte blood. Amen.' Jolliffe, F.8.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 413
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Early-15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
    • England, Winchester or St. Albans
    • Biographical dates are derived from online census and civil registration records.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • Jerome, Saint, d. 419 or 20
    • On the right page two angels holding between them a gold book or tablet.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 908
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Tuesday, 8 Rabi' II 1038 (1628 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • ʻUrfī Shīrāzī, Muḥammad, 1555 or 6-1590 or 91 عرفى
    • Contemporary binding very similar to that of Persian MS 35 (the gilt panels on the outer faces are from
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 24
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • The Virgin sits up in bed suckling the Child: ox, ass, and manger in front. Joseph on right.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Aldine Collection, 20957
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1501
    Language
    ita
    • Manuzio, Aldo (1449 or 1450-1515)
    • Eighteenth or nineteenth-century full straight-grained red morocco; double gilt fillet and inter-twined
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Safar 849 (1445 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • Nizami Ganjavi, 1140 or 1141-1202 or 1203
    • of his flock from a precarious position on the mountain.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 80
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Mid 15th century [1444?]
    Language
    enm
    • England, Winchester or St. Albans
    • Decoration: At the beginning of most books there is a handsome initial in blue, pink and/or
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Book-covers 17
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    10th century-13th century
    • The panels are early thirteenth or late twelfth century.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 1274
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1588
    Language
    ita
    • Massini, Filippo, 1559-1617 or 1618.
    • Extent: [8], 185, [3] leaves, 22 cm (4to) Leaf height: 208 mm, width: 157 mm.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, R33848
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1608
    Language
    eng
    • /> 109, [1] p., 8voSubject(s): Anger -- Religious aspects -- Early works to