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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1380
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    jrb, heb
    • Folio 33a: Small black ink fleur de lys motif next to initial word.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 75
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • England and Netherlands
    • Numerous, smaller 3-line initials (some damaged) in blue ink with red penwork flourishes introduce
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 919
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1549
    Language
    ita
    • Mantua and Florence
    • paper over boards; paper decorated with large abstract floral print in light and dark green; paper spine
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 12
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 71
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 209
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    lat
    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • />Data Source(s): Description based on Moses Tyson, 'Handlist of Additions to
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, R159505
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1589
    Language
    ita
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Extent: [1], 24, [1] leaves, 22 cm. (4to.) Leaf height: 208 mm, width: 145 mm.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 6
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    24 Rabi' II, 824 AH (1421 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • exemplifying court artists' work at the beginning of Tahmasp's reign, identified with more or less certainty to
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 88
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    2nd half 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • England and Netherlands
    • with white infill and with floriate extensions, folios. 1r, 12r, 19r, 25v, 32r, 40v, 48v and 57r.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 49
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 13
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • surmounted by a mitre and crosier-head.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 78
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • England and Netherlands
    • Numerous 1- and 2-line rubricated red initials and red paragraph marks can be found to denote
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 79
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • England and Netherlands
    • 5-line initials at the beginning of each book in red and blue ink with penwork infill and flourishes
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, R44533
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1541
    Language
    ita
    • Extent: [6], 262 [ie. 264] leaves, 22 cm. (4to) Leaf height: 200 mm, width: 137
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 6
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 92
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • England and Netherlands
    • later transferred to the John Rylands Library.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat, gre
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 183
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1554
    Language
    ita
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Acquisition: Donated to the The University of Manchester by Hélène
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 29
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Its corners are leaf-shaped and it is painted in the colours red, yellow and blue.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 76
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • England and Netherlands
    • Binding: 19th century, full bound in tan leather (appears to be pigskin