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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. Y 3.5
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [not after 8 Mar. 1470]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Strassburg / Rottweil on the Neckar (Wurttemberg)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. G. 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1440-1450
    Language
    Latin
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    • The first page is written in silver.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D’Orville 87
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Note the pale background colours of the border and the rather crudely drawn putti.
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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, 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, 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. Huntington 582
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Judaeo-Arabic
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    • Miscellany (Aḥmad ibn Saffar's commentary on the astrolabe; ʻAbd al-ʻAzīz Ibn ʻUthmān's Madkal Qabīṣī
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 367
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1210–1230
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    • Bible: Writings (Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah) with ḳeri, ketiv and some Masoretic notes on the margins
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Span. c. 13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    after 1366
    Language
    Catalan
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    • James the Great, as a pilgrim and the Virgin and Child attended by angels.Written in Catalan.
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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, MS. Digby 231
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Vespasiano called him the most beautiful scribe of his day.
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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. 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. Douce Or. b.2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    17th century, 1610-1620
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    • Album of Indian paintings and calligraphy, dating mostly from the 18th century, principally ragamala
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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, Auct. K 1.17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1462
    Language
    Latin
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    • The first printed atlas, and the first copper engraved maps.
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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. Huntington 80
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1181–1204
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Corrected with the original, as confirmed by Maimonides in an autograph.