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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. G d.29
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1495
    Language
    English
    • Leaf Aa1v is blank in this copy, whereas some copies have a device.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Anglais 25
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe siècle
    Language
    anglais
    • « In Godes name here bygynnep pe inventarie or gadryng to gedre of medecyne in the partye of cyrurgie
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 15.10
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1550
    Language
    English
    • Victorian interest in reviving medieval aesthetics, the use of wooden boards here is a conscious reference to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Sherard 242
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1787–1794
    Language
    Latin, English
    • Further information about the Sibthorpian Herbarium and materials relating to the Flora Graeca can
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 36.4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1776
    Language
    English
    • aesthetic allowed the leather (here decorated with the use of acid, a technique known as 'tree calf') to
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 101
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1500 - 1599
    Language
    lat, frm, eng, ang, enm
    • The source material ranges in date from pre-Conquest material to Henry VI's injunction preventing papal
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 623 (02)
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    May 2, 1777 - May 6, 1779
    Language
    English [eng]
    • strong>: Having started his service in 2nd South Carolina Regiment as captain and then promoted to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, B 6.16 Art.
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1610
    Language
    English
    • Head-Customer of Sandwiche and the Member-Portes in Kent, the Publisher hereto and by him dedicated, to
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 394
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat, eng
    • Manuscript containing proverbs, a treatise on letter writing and letters, written in England in the early to
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 615
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    August 14, 1776-September 20, 1776
    Language
    English [eng]
    • On Aug. 14, 1776, Major Matthew Dixon of the Corps of Engineers was appointed "Chief Engineer to
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 100
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1500 - 1599
    Language
    lat, eng
    • Asser (d. 909), was the bishop of Sherborne and several works ascribed to him survive.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 357
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1525
    Language
    eng, lat, enm
    • The name 'Robert Pen' inscribed in the manuscript probably refers to a Gentleman of the Royal Chapel
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 649
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1589
    Language
    English
    • 'These armes were taken forthe of a verry auntyent Roll of Parchement so worn as they were scarcely to
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 612
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    Jan. 1 - Aug. 7, 1776
    Language
    English [eng]
    • The manuscript is bound in paper; fragments of records pertaining to the Crane family reinforce flyleaves
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. G e.4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [c.1499]
    Language
    English
    • Michael Lort (1725-1790); pencilled note, and according to Sheppard, a signature (unlocated).
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 617
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    April 21, 1778-September 9, 1778
    Language
    English [eng]
    • arrived in New York in July 1776, and took part in New York and Philadelphia campaign, before returning to
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, D.124(3)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1686
    Language
    Latin, Greek, Hebrew, English
    • Specimen" it is the earliest known printed specimen of Bishop John Fell's types which were bequeathed to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 45.11
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1783
    Language
    English
    • popular by the firm of Edwards, which began operating in Halifax, Yorkshire, in the 1780s and soon moved to
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.5.18
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Fifteenth century. This is ratified by the dateable texts contained in MS Ll.5.18, which accommodate production from quite early in the first half of the century. The Life of Saint Margaret, commissioned by Edmund Mortimer, was composed by John Lydgate between 1415-26 and the version of the Life of Saint Dorothy contained in MS Ll.5.18 has been identified by Manfred Görlach to be one of a group of the tale that dates from the early fifteenth century.
    Language
    English
    • British Library MS Harley 5272, for example, bears close textual parallels to MS Ll.5.18, containing
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 594
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    1776-1791
    Language
    English [eng]
    • . - 129), and Ebenezer Thayer's letters, reports, and communications addressed to William Heath, 1780