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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ash. Rolls 53
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1600
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • See also MSS. Ash. Rolls 40 and 52.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS Mus 467
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1600
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Binding: Early seventeenth-century bindings of limp vellum, gold tooled on the upper and lower covers
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS Mus 463
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1600
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Binding: Early seventeenth-century bindings of limp vellum, gold tooled on the upper and lower covers
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 63
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    2nd half 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
    • There is scuffing and damage to the corners of the board.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. poet. a. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1390-1400
    Language
    Anglo-Norman, English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • An anthology of approximately 403 separate items: English moral and religious prose and verse, mainly
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS Mus 466
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1600
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Binding: Early seventeenth-century bindings of limp vellum, gold tooled on the upper and lower covers
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS Mus 465
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1600
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Binding: Early seventeenth-century bindings of limp vellum, gold tooled on the upper and lower covers
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS Mus 464
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1600
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Binding: Early seventeenth-century bindings of limp vellum, gold tooled on the upper and lower covers
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 167
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Three monophonic tenors in stroke notation: one, designated ‘Quene note’ and ascribed to ‘Frank’, is
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2659
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • England and Netherlands
    • It also contains several works attributed to Seneca, including the Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Peterhouse 75.I
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    c. 1393
    Language
    Middle English, Latin
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
    • The astronomical content of the manuscript is also of considerable value in its own right
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 196
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The lack of outlines, except of the British islands and of the squiggle that represents the Red Sea and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 51
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
    • England and Netherlands
    • Red rubrication and large initials in red ink introduce each book and frequently a section of
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Top. gen. d. 10
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1615
    Language
    English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • full title is: 'The True Legend of Antiquities: Containing The honourable descent of the most Ancient and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 104
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • D'Ewes, Simonds, 18 Dec 1602-18 Apr 1650, first baronet, diarist and antiquary
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Smith 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1615-1620
    Language
    English
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    • Camden, William, 1551-1623, historian and herald
    • England and Netherlands
    • Short dissertations, notes and letters.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. G e.37
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1476-1477
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The ‘Red Pale’ in the Almonry, Westminster was Caxton’s shop.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11983
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Gg.1.1
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    First half of 14th century, after 1307 C.E.
    Language
    French, Latin, English, French and English, French and Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • It contains literary, historical, grammatical, scientific, astronomical, theological, pastoral and devotional
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    Durham. University Library, Add.MS. 1950/A/12
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. University Library
    Date
    early 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The forms are the same as those of Missale ad usum ecclesie Westmonasteriensis, 168-172 and 186-192,