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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. D. 1. 13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paul, the Apostle, Saint
    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. f. 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • probably the Loire region
    • Dead Christ lies on the Virgin's lap, man kneels before him. Two men stand by, one holds pot.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, A 5 10 Th.
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1588
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • The folio Geneva French Bible of 1588, bound in Geneva apparently for presentation in England.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 263
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • This is a copy of Nuzḥat al-hukamā’ al-rawḍat al-aṭibbā’ (The Delight of the Wise and the Garden of the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. G. 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1440-1450
    Language
    Latin
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    • The first page is written in silver.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 17.4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1526
    Language
    Latin
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    • The execution may appear crude, but the style of combining a centre tool (in this case a panel stamp)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, OUM: AL: YZ/106
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1697
    Language
    English
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    • A description of the theory of the earth, translated into English.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Rolls 5
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1485
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • Genealogy of the kings of England to Richard III. Chronicle of the Percy family to 1485.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 227
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1461
    Language
    Latin
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • Missal of Benedictine use: the pars aestiualis of 'The Abingdon Missal'.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. ch. Gloucs. 13; Seals Gloucestershire 13*a; Seals Gloucestershire 13*b
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th October 1538
    Language
    English
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • Grant of arms to city of Gloucester by Christopher Barker, garter, in 30th year of Henry VIII's reign
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barlow 28
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 20 Nov. 1504
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • Initial with coat of arms of the King of England with dragon and dog as supporters.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Byw. B 6.14
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Early Italian work in the interlaced lozenge and rectangle style later popular in Western Europe generally
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 149
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    • The 'Laud Ragamala,' compiled in India during the first half of the 17th century, owned by Archbishop
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. D. 2. 19
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    801–825
    Language
    Latin, English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Latin Gospels written and illuminated in Ireland by Macregol, probably identifiable as the abbot of Birr
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Sa’īd ibn Hibat Allāh, Abū al-Ḥasan was a Nestorian Christian court physician to the ’Abbāsid caliphs
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 90.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1577
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • The Orient in Venice. Italian (Venice), 1577.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 126
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, first half
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • Anglicana formata script in imperfect conclusion of Rolle’s ‘Stimulus of consciencie’, and imperfect
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Liturg. 392
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • The earliest Western goldtooled binding. Italian (Florence), c. 1400.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Georg. b. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1038–1040
    Language
    Georgian
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    • A Georgian liturgical manuscript made in Jerusalem at the Monastery of the Holy Cross, 11th century.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 15
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1105
    Language
    Greek
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    • Crossing of the Red Sea (Ex. 14: 19-31).