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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 253
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1480
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Latin
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    • Miniatures attributed to the Master of the Echevinage de Rouen, also known as the Master of the Geneva
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 196
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The lack of outlines, except of the British islands and of the squiggle that represents the Red Sea and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce B 248 (3-4)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1565
    Language
    English
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    • Engraving with man in profile in oval medallion; details regarding the previous section. titlepage of
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 44.15
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1722
    Language
    German
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    • Vellum, tooled and painted; depicting the Ten Commandments on the front cover, the Crucifixion on the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Holkham misc. 48
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1350–1375
    Language
    Italian
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    • One historiated initial depicting Dante sitting asleep on a hillside at the start of the Inferno (p.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 70
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Jābir (Geber) is usually considered the father of Arabic alchemy, though mystery surrounds his identity
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 238
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1223
    Language
    Judaeo-Arabic
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    • Commentary on the Mishnah (Tractates Bava Ḳama, Bava Metsiʻa, Bava Batra, Sanhedrin and Makot)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Elliott 239
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1582
    Language
    Persian
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    • 4 works by 4 authors on the subjects of Persian poetry and love poetry
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, OUM: 20 d. 336/4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1779
    Language
    English
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    • Lettsom's 'The Naturalist's and Traveller's Companion'.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 58
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1401–1500
    Language
    Greek
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    • Two commentaries on astronomical canons and tables, the first sometimes attributed to Isaac Argyrus
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Sherard 244
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1787–1794
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • These drawings served as the basis for the illustrations included in the published Flora Graeca.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Oxford University Archives WPBeta/M/11
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    30th December 1274
    Language
    Latin
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    • Letters patent asking the bishops to grant indulgences to those who attend masses at the new chantry
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    before 1179 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • The small size of the book shows that it was intended to be carried in procession by a single cantor
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 161A, frame 20
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400
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    • The case of wood covered with embossed leather. The slots in the sides would have held a strap.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 149
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    • The 'Laud Ragamala,' compiled in India during the first half of the 17th century, owned by Archbishop
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce 223
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1486
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Mainz: Erhard Reuwich, 11 Feb. 1486)Map of the Holy Land.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Oxford University Archives NEP/supra/Reg F
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    5th November 1439
    Language
    Latin
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    • Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, brother of Henry V, (1390-1447), was a generous benefactor to the University
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce S 528
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1540
    Language
    Latin
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    • The greatest collector of the Renaissance? French (Paris), mid 16th-century.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 793
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century AD
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Decorated with gilt-blocked panels, some of which are sunk into the boards.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Tanner 67
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1638
    Language
    English
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    • A petition submitted to Archbishop Laud in 1638 by the milliners of the Royal Exchange on behalf of the