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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 93
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, second quarter
    Language
    Greek
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    • Angel blowing trumpet for resurrection of the souls, another rescues souls from Hell.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Holkham misc. 49
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1467
    Language
    Italian
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    • Provenance: Identifiable as the MS. illuminated for Teofilo Calcagnini (1441-88) of Ferrara, courtier
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Reggio 43
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1275–1860
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Moses Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed (Moreh Nevukhim, 3:27-29) (ff. 65r-68r).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Inc. c.G5.1495.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1495
    Language
    Latin
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    • This edition is for the use of Augsburg, and is a fine example of early music printing showing Gothic
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. G e.37
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1476-1477
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Advertisement for Sarum Pie [‘Ordinale ad usum Sarum’] ([Westminster: William Caxton, c.1476-7])
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. C17:70 Oxford (95)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1613
    Language
    English
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    • At the latter date the property was purchased from Magdalen College by the University for £7000."
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 920; MS. Bodl. 678; MS. Digby 13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century-14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • listed in Whytefield’s 1389 catalogue of the library of Dover Priory, and shows evidence of his concern for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 13, part I
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1566
    Language
    Latin, Hebrew
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    • An illustrated guide to Oxford University prepared for Queen Elizabeth I, with ink drawings by John Bereblock
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden B. 26
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1660
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    • 35-94) Wycliffite tracts by John Tissington and others, and (fols. 95-102) a Calendar, with tables for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D'Orville 301
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    888
    Language
    Greek
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    • It was bought for 14 gold coins (nomismata) by Arethas of Patrae (bishop of Caesarea, 902-c. 939), who
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 22.15(3)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [after 1500?]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Sermones de morte ([Paris: Antoine Chappiel, for] Robert Gourmont, [after 1500?])
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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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    • Day's son Matthew may have been responsible for the actual printing.Extent: pp. [296]. 4⁰.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. O 5.32
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [c. 1470?]
    Language
    Latin
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    • The annotation of this page supports the argument for Florence: Ego emi istum librum quinquaginta so[
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce 262
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1491
    Language
    German
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    • with 96 woodcuts by the Nuremberg engraver, Michael Wolgemut (c.1434-1519), who also designed woodcuts for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • states that the copy was made in Baghdad in 562 AH/1166-7 CE by by Tūmā ibn Manṣūr ibn Hibat Allāh, for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce 263
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1491
    Language
    German
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    • with 96 woodcuts by the Nuremberg engraver, Michael Wolgemut (c.1434-1519), who also designed woodcuts for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, S. Seld. e.2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1479
    Language
    Latin
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    • For variants see BMC.Extent: Collation: a–x8 y6. Size: 208 × 143 × 42 mm.
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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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    • This is the earliest printed ‘tourist guide’, containing historical information, and remedies for sea
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Cherry 36
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1544
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • She dedicated it to her stepmother, Queen Katherine Parr, as a New Year gift for 1 January 1545, hoping
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 61
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1081–1086
    Language
    Latin
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    • Provenance: Written in the scriptorium of St Chrysogonus, Zadar, for the Benedictine nunnery of