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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. liturg. e. 35
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Before 1464
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Latin
    • A man in torn clothes is digging a hole. Hanging cloth at the back, nave of church with aisles.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 649
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1589
    Language
    English
    • This inscription is by the hand of a former owner, Sir William Wade or Waad (1546-1623), Lieutenant of
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 176
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    9th century AD
    Language
    French
    • A Lectionary is designed to be carried in solemn procession in church for the reading of the Gospel;
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 804, pt. IV
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1345-1351
    Language
    Latin
    • In composite manuscript (each part is foliated separately).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Greaves 25
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • It is the oldest recorded copy of Kitāb al-Masā’il fī al-ṭibb lil-muta’allimīn (The Questions on Medicine
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 667
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • original eight books, 1-4 survive in Greek, 5-7 are preserved only in Arabic translation, and the eighth is
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    shortly after 1556
    Language
    No linguistic content
    • It is read starting at the bottom and winding upward in boustrophedon. Descriptions taken from A.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 93
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, second quarter
    Language
    Greek
    • At the back is a row of angels.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. poet. a. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1381–1400
    Language
    Latin, Anglo-Norman, English, Middle (1100-1500)
    • This manuscript, famously known as the Vernon Manuscript, is an impressive book in every respect.
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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)
    • end (in Latin) not to remove the notice shows that it was meant to be attached to a wall or door: it is
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Dugdale 14
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1636
    Language
    English
    • A. xii] wherein is lively depicted the whole storye or life of Richard Beauchampe, sometime earl of Warwick
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 22.15(3)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [after 1500?]
    Language
    Latin
    • On the upper cover a panel (120 x 69 mm) is divided into four compartments, each depicting a saint (Jacobus
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 248
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • This is a comprehensive general medical encyclopaedia writen by the Damascene physician Ibn al-Nafīs
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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
    • The full title is: 'The True Legend of Antiquities: Containing The honourable descent of the most
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. misc. e. 22 (R)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, first half and 15th century, middle (added)
    Language
    Latin, English, Middle (1100-1500)
    • On either side of oak where Christ is crucified, inscription 'W' and 'den', referring to the owner of
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, OUM: 70 c. 124
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1782
    Language
    English, French
    • To which is added, a translation into French. Vol. III
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. th. e. 7
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1460-1468
    Language
    Latin
    • English stamping (original boards replaced): the centre of each side is a vertical row of square stamps
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce S 528
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1540
    Language
    Latin
    • Grolier's Latin ownership inscription (translated as: 'the book of Jean Grolier and of his friends') is
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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
    • M[agistr]o Agnolo is possibly to be identified with Bartolomeo d’Agnolo Tucci (1427-1525), cartolaio,
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 155b
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1100–1150
    Language
    Latin
    • Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian, 15th century: the 15th-cent. foliation consisting of black roman numerals is