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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 79
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • 5-line initials at the beginning of each book in red and blue ink with penwork infill and flourishes
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 94
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    15th Century
    Language
    enm, lat
    • Acquisition: Purchased by Gordon Duff for the John Rylands Library from
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 102
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Mid 15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
    • John Rylands Library in 1908 from the London booksellers J. and J.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 413
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Early-15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
    • Meditationes vitae Christi, dating from the beginning of the 15th century.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, German MS 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    gmh
    • left stand six people and a lion, to the right a person cuts off the paws of another lion with a sword
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, German MS 3
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    18th century
    Language
    ger
    • InitialsThere are ornamented colour initials throughout the text.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Book-covers 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    13th century
    • Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 3
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    12 Dhu'l-hijja 1041 AH (1632 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • Folio 38b: The angel Michael and the fallen angels in the outer darkness.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 6
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    24 Rabi' II, 824 AH (1421 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • Between the foreground and the rising hillside in the background is a group of four trees, on one of
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Safar 849 (1445 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • The Heavenly Ascent of the Prophet.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 908
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Tuesday, 8 Rabi' II 1038 (1628 CE)
    Language
    fa
    • Contemporary binding very similar to that of Persian MS 35 (the gilt panels on the outer faces are from
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 19252
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1478
    Language
    ita
    • Acquisition: Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, 16096
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1503
    Language
    ita
    • Acquisition: Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, 11597
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1549
    Language
    ita
    • Acquisition: Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, 10008
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1582
    Language
    ita
    • Acquisition: Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 29
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
    • In the right margin are a black and red decorative bar across the whole length of the page; in the left
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 30
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, jrb
    • of the solar system.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 92
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Ephraem the Syrian
    • Order of Service for the Monastery of St. Gall in the Directorium of 1583
    • Copies of various works by the church father Ephraem the Syrian in Latin, written in the Abbey of St.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 50
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    9th century, around 825
    Language
    Latin
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Furthermore, the author of the main texts copied herein is Beda Venerabilis or the Venerable Bede (672
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 204
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, first quarter of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Order of Service for the Monastery of St. Gall in the Directorium of 1583
    • An exceptionally fine copy of the 40 homilies by Pope Gregory the Great on the Gospels.