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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 998
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1601–1700
    Language
    Italian
    • This is one of the many manuscripts of seventeenth-century Italian cantatas now in Christ Church Library
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 864
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1576–1700
    Language
    English
    • The original copy is now Mus 864(B); English, late 16th century, copyist unidentified.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 987
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1581–1588
    Language
    Latin, English
    • This set is one of the most important surviving music manuscripts from Elizabethan England, and a major
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 152
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1401–1500
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
    • The text of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is complete, but in a different order than that encountered in
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 93
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1484–1501
    Language
    Latin
    • Guy XV (François), count of Laval from 1484 until his death in January 1501, is identified as the original
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 145
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1301–1400
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
    • MS 145 is also notable for its unusual page design.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 1001
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1630–1650
    • It is not clear how many scribes contributed to the copying of Mus 1001.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 341
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1196–1197
    Language
    Latin
    • The remainder of the volume is undecorated, save for paraphs in the text ink at the head of entries.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 189
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1476
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The Christ Church manuscript is a 15th century copy of the Hebrew translation prepared by Moses ibn Tibbon
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 783
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    c. 1700
    Language
    English
    • The manuscript is from the Henry Aldrich bequest, listed in Archives 1717.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 196
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1410
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The manuscript is written in semi-cursive Ashkenazic script and has many glosses.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 101
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1528
    Language
    Latin
    • Among the most stunningly beautiful volumes housed at Christ Church is Thomas Wolsey's Epistle Lectionary
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 85
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1704
    Language
    Greek
    • Schnitt des Cylinders (Stralsund, 1860) and Ueber den Schnitt des Kegels (Stralsund, 1861); and there is
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 179
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1503–1517
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
    • Of particular interest is the illumination on fol. 1v representing Joachim embracing Anna outside the
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Hyp B.138 (5)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1647?
    Language
    English
    • Dedication to Lieutenant-General Oliver Cromwell is signed: "Being your humble, &c. to be commanded."
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 201a
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1700–1799
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Text is written, in average, in three columns per parchment sheet.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 180
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1599
    Language
    French
    • Essential to the attractiveness of this manuscript is its calligraphy, with Esther Inglis demonstrating
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 684
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1551–1600
    • It is divided into four columns, each bounded in red, of varying widths: 32mm, 92mm, 18mm, 20mm.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Wake Arch.Sup.D7
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1671
    Language
    Chinese
    • This is one of the earliest examples of printing in Taiwan.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 19
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1680–1690
    Language
    English
    • The manuscript is from the Aldrich bequest.