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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 36
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1565
    Language
    Greek
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    • Apology for the Council of Florence (here attributed to Gennadius Scholarius)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 636
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1121-1140
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Additions in French ('The Peterborough Chronicle', E text).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. e Mus. 223
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, early
    Language
    Latin
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    • The centre is Delos, following a Greek tradition; the compass-drawn circle is the Cyclades.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. 2Q 3.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1483
    Language
    German, Middle High (ca. 1050-1500)
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    • The arms shown on the right of this folio are described in a note in the margin as 'from the High Schoole
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 44
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1501–1600
    Language
    Greek
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    • Extracts from works by Fathers of the Church. Maximus Planudes, Life of St. Peter and St. Paul.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 210
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Known in Europe as the Secreta secretorum, this book contains the supposed advice of Aristotle to Alexander
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 845
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Genealogy of the Kings of England , from Edward I to Henry VIII.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1758
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1612
    Language
    English
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    • This records the country north of the Jamestown settlement.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ouseley Add. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1565
    Language
    Persian
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    • Hand: Clear and distinct Nastaʻlīq.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 58
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1490-1520
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    • St Francis before the crucified Christ on Golgotha.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 103
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1476–1500
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Contents: Commentary on the Sefer Yetsirah by Naḥmanides (ff. 1r-14r).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, BOD: MS. Douce 387
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1594
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    • Antwerp with fortifications along the river, at the time of the pageant of the Royal Entry into the city
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 261
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1200–1300
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Hebrew Bible ( Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Minor Prophets together with the small Masorah)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 68
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1488
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    • Contents: Commentary on the Mishnah (Sanhedrin 10 [Ḥeleḳ Pereḳ) (ff. 1v-10v).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 144
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Al-Sufi's Book of the Fixed Stars, a revision of Ptolemy's Almagest with Arabic star names and drawings
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 264
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • The Treatise on Armoury was written for Saladin (1169-1193 CE), the celebrated founder of the Ayyubid
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Greaves 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • The 'book of pleasant journeys into faraway lands', or 'Book of Roger', Tabula Rogeriana.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 192
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, second half and 1456
    Language
    Latin
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    • probably the Loire region
    • MS. given by him in 1456 to the monastery of Ste-Croix-de-la-Brettonerie, Paris.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, BOD: Gough Maps 86
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1689
    Language
    English
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    • Chart of the Dee estuary - eastern half
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. C. 81
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, end
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • A tretys in Englyssh tong after the conseite of Ypocras, Avycenne, etc.'