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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 287
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • William FitzStephen and other authors
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 765
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1585
    Language
    English
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    • Final part of the work with 'Armes in Cheshire after the maner of the Alphabeth'.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 62
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400–1410
    Language
    Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • probably the Loire region
    • Decoration: Important miniatures, historiated and other borders, initials.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. E. D. Clarke 39
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    895
    Language
    Greek
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    • 'The Clarke Plato': the oldest manuscript (discounting papyrus fragments) for about half the dialogues
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 584
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • A later hand has labelled the top instrument: 'this is the form of the rounded cataract needle', with
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Elliott 287
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1485
    Language
    Persian, Chagatai
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    • The first mathnawī of Navāʼī's Khamsah.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Gough Maps Berkshire 6
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1761
    Language
    English
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    • The First Sheet of an Actual Survey of Berkshire, [1752].
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 150
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1190–1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Thomas, the Cistercian, -1190
    • Germany, Eberbach, Cistercian Abbey of the Virgin Mary
    • Probably identifiable as ‘g 3’ in the Eberbach library catalogue of 1502.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 163
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400–1410
    Language
    Latin
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    • the Life of Burchard.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. f. 2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1390–1410
    Language
    Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • Master of the Beaufort Saints (13..-14..)
    • Scott (1996 no. 22) distinguishes six artists of the miniatures, of whom hands C, D and F were working
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. G e.40
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1640
    Language
    English
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    • The first book printed in British North America, commonly known as the Bay Psalm Book.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 133
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1512
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    • The 'Digby Plays': the unique copies made in the early 16th century of three late medieval plays in English
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lyell 22
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, second half
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Latin
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    • Register of the Honour of Richmond with other items concerning the Honour.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 47
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Kitāb al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb (The Canon of Medicine)According to the colophon pictured, the copy was
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 35
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    832–842
    Language
    Latin
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    • Provenance: Made for the abbey of St.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 108
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1301–1325
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Dispute between the Body and the Soul. Havelock the Dane. King Horn. Life of S. Alexis. Poems.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D’Orville 97
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, beginning (before 1513)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paul, the Deacon, ca. 720-799?
    • This history of the Lombard peoples was composed at Monte Cassino about 786.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. B. 489
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, early
    Language
    Latin, Irish
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    • Mostly written by two scribes, the second writing the annals as far as 1506; continued in other hands
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 304
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, middle
    Language
    Latin, English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Socrates the King
    • Albans, d. 1259, including the famous miniature of Socrates and Plato, and many pictures of birds.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 263
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    8th century, late
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Other leaves of this manuscript are in the Universitätsbibliothek, Würzburg.