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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D’Orville 75
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gold 10-line initial E(GO OMNI) with white-stem interlace as is the border on three sides, also with
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Top. gen. c. 3
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c.1534-1543
    Language
    Latin
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    • Leland's account of the manuscripts that he considered important which he found in the University Library
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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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    • br/>Scholars have debated where this book was printed, with some using linguistic evidence to assign the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 610
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Irish
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    • The two main scribes copied out earlier materials including genealogies and legends, partly from the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Seld. B. 10, fol. 185r
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c.1470-80
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Continuation of map on fol. 184v: The waters of Suther, Sutherland, Caithness.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 73
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1430-1440
    Language
    Latin
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    • The vine-stem initial is typical of the date, though somewhat crude.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Savile F 3
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1665
    Language
    Latin
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    • Map showing the surface of the Moon.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pers. d.102
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1563
    Language
    Persian
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    • Hand: Nastaʿlīq.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 45.14
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1786
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Embroidered binding; pale blue silk with large achievement of Ferdinand I, King of the Two Sicilies (
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 92
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 832-842
    Language
    Latin, German, Old High (ca. 750-1050)
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    • Text: prologue to the Gospels. Decorated initial 'P(LURES)' with interlace.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. 5Q 4.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c.1478
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Note bevelling of the boards along the hinges and the simple use of one tool.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Oppenheim Add. 8° 37
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1301–1400
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Onḳelos after each verse, from Genesis 29:25 to Leviticus 4:34, and with Abraham Ibn Ezra's commentary on the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 95.28
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1494-1503
    Language
    Latin
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    • probably the Dominican Monastery of Basel
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 35.11
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1732
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • One of four standard designs recognizable as purely Scottish in the 18th century, the herring-bone style
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. B b.19
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1486
    Language
    Latin
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    • The transmission of Ptolemy in Europe began with the Latin translation by Jacopo d’Angelo (c.1360-1410
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 16
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1294
    Language
    Greek
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    • Basil the Great, De renuntiatione; De ascetica disciplina.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 156
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • This is a copy of the surgical portion of the medical encyclopaedia.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Add. A. 188
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Fol. 168 is another fly-leaf taken from the same manuscript.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 93
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400
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    • Astronomical texts, in Latin but including translations from the Arabic, primarily an English compilation
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. D. inf. 2. 13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • between Tournai and The Hague