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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ash. Rolls 52
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century or 17th century
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • See also MSS. Ash. Rolls 40 and 53.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. d. 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Illumination, by 'The Master of the Mary Psalter' and his workshop.
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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, 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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    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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    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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    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. 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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    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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    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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    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. 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. 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. 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. Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 20
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 890-897
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • England and Netherlands
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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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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 113
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Second half 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
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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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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 69
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    British Isles ; England, 12th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • England and Netherlands
    • Textual: (f. 2r) Added in 13th century. - (f. 2r-v) Added in 14th and 15th century. - (ff. 29v-31r