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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 3
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • The recto of the front endpaper bears the heraldic bookplate identifying the codex as having once been
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 50
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    the end of the 14th Century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • Douglas Cockerell): W.H.S. monogram on the turn-in of the lower cover.
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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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    • The initials 'JR' for John Rylands are stamped in gold in the centre of the board.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 81
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • basis for his 1848 edition of the Wycliffite New Testament.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 84
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Acts of the Apostles, except the portion 7: 31 to 10: 6, which is in the earlier version (folio 29v
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 92
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Quires are numbered, with the leaf numbers written below the quire numbers.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 410
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    17th-18th century
    Language
    eng
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    • Acquisition: Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the bookseller
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, French MS 2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    frm
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    • Decoration: The decoration throughout is very good French work of the
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3472
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1470
    Language
    ita
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    • Acquisition: Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 10525
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1472
    Language
    ita
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    • Triumphi with the Life of Petrarch by Leonardo Bruni.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3965
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1473
    Language
    ita
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    • edge and a smaller tool around the inside of the boards; JRL monogram added to upper board; with pink
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 18437
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1476
    Language
    ita
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    • Acquisition: Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 18163
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1477
    Language
    ita
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    • Triumphi with the Life of Petrarch attributed to Antonio da Tempo, though probably the work of Pier
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 18302
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1486
    Language
    ita
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    • Acquisition: Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Aldine Collection, 6864
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1514
    Language
    ita
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    • Acquisition: Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1460-1470
    Language
    heb
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    • On spine gold-tooling of flower motives in the fields created by the sewing strips.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 38
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • Acquisition: Acquired by Enriqueta Rylands and later bequeathed to the
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 58
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, eng
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    • A bookplate on the front paste-down, with handwritten shelfmark OR / C31, confirms the donation.
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 70996
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    5/20/1783
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    • strong>: William Herschel writes to fellow astronomer Edward Pigott, explaining how his paper on the
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 52666
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    1782
    Language
    English [eng]
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    • Notes: Orderly book of Robert Clayton's company of the 17th Regiment of Foot