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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 23
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • Decoration: The initial words are made in black ink and have a wavy character
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS Add 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, arc
    • Its borders are filled with grape motifs.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 38
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • The clouds are dotted with cherubs.Folio 48v: Tierce. Framed: full page.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 98
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Mid 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • 17th centuryDecoration: There are good 5-line initials in blue and pink
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • On the left of the frame are painted flowers with gilded buds and black penwork tendrils.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 18163
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1477
    Language
    ita
    • In two parts, possibly issued separately as there are many copies of only the RVF and Triumphi without
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, 3103
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1462
    Language
    lat
    • ; an inner row of alternating leaf bud tools, facing outwards, and dots, the buds facing the hearts are
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, French MS 2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    frm
    • Rubrication The incipts and explicits are marked throughout.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Blockbook Collection, 10123
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1475
    Language
    lat
    • Stevenson, The problem of the blockbooks, p. 245, states: "The designs [of the first nine editions] are
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 778
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1532
    Language
    ita
    • NNii & NNvi, numbered 296 & 300, are wrongly bound behind sigs. NNiii & NNvii respectively.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 394
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat, eng
    • The two parts are distinct and self- contained, and there is no catchword linking gathering c with gather
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 1551
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1559
    Language
    ita
    • The 'Sonetti e canzoni' are preceded by a Life of Petrarch attributed to Alessandro Vellutello
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 21
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat, fre
    • These borders (e.g. the first) are divided into panels by gold frames, and these panels have grounds
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Mid-15th century
    Language
    enm
    • The couple are depicted again in the foreground, Jason with his arm around Medea20v: Jason takes
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 50
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    the end of the 14th Century
    Language
    enm, lat
    • A number of sections of text in Latin are introduced by 1-line rubricated initials in red and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • The grounds of the arches (horseshoe) which occupy the lower part are alternately dark green and red.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 53
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • Birds (green parrots commonly), animals (hares), and occasionally genii are inserted.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, 16583
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1539
    Language
    ita
    • The “Osservationi,” which have a separate title-page and wood-cut portrait of Alunno, are without
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 17250.2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1454
    Language
    lat
    • The two copies described in Dibdin, Biblioteca Spenceriana, I, p. xliv (no. 7), are UML 17250.2 and the
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Book-covers 3
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    13th century
    • of angels, on lavender ground, in incised metal with the heads applied and in relief; the medallions are