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    Oxford. Queen's College, Library, Sel.d.81(4)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Queen's College, Library
    Date
    1535
    Language
    English
    • Considered to be the earliest hymn book in English.
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Archives, MS Luard 187
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Archives
    Date
    25 Sept. 1570
    Language
    Latin
    • of the Colleges the sole right to interpret the statutes and influence University appointments.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 529
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
    • London binding of the third quarter of the 15th century by the "Scales binder", who here combines incised
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1758
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1612
    Language
    English
    • This records the country north of the Jamestown settlement.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne, VCM 6= 5723
    Collection
    NuBIS (Sorbonne)
    Library
    Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne
    Date
    1651, 17e s.
    Language
    eng
    • Letters between the Ld George Digby, and Sr Kenelm Digby kt. concerning religion.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 523
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1518-1520
    Language
    No linguistic content
    • The earliest English gold-tooled binding? English, c. 1519.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce B 248 (3-4)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1565
    Language
    English
    • Engraving with man in profile in oval medallion; details regarding the previous section. titlepage of
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 92
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1326–1327
    Language
    Latin
    • Walter de Milemete wrote his book on the nobility, wisdom and prudence of kings as an offering to King
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3775
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, heb
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains De Consensu Evangelistarum (The Harmony of the Gospels) by St Augustine
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Ps. Verse 1566 e.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1566
    Language
    English
    • appeal to legality on their title-pages; but in 1566 a new confidence was reflected in a change on the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Savile K 6(4)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1564
    Language
    English
    • ‘A prognostication of right good effect, fructfully augmented, contayninge … rules, to judge the wether
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. G c.7
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1623
    Language
    English
    • Collation: The signatures vary between sources.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne, VCM 6= 5481
    Collection
    NuBIS (Sorbonne)
    Library
    Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne
    Date
    1677, 17e s.
    Language
    lat
    • Hobbes to the duke of Newcastle.
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    Oxford. Magdalen College, Library, Arch.D.4.29
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Magdalen College, Library
    Date
    1600–1604
    Language
    English
    • Contents: The first booke of songes or ayres of foure partes with tableture for the lute [London
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno, enm
    • The first part contains the Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Abbreviations of Chronicles) and the Ymagines
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 47.8
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1689
    Language
    No linguistic content
    • The work of an unknown binder, called the Naval Binder, because of the number of books bound for wealthy
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Don. f.211
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1592
    Language
    English
    • An example of the growing habit of printing tunes in score rather than in separate part-books.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 15.10
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1550
    Language
    English
    • An example of the Victorian interest in reviving medieval aesthetics, the use of wooden boards here is
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 11399
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    1596-1640
    Language
    latin, grec, diverses langues européennes
    • The Hague (Netherlands)
    • Lausanne, probably in the cathedral of Lausanne
    • Strassburg / Rottweil on the Neckar (Wurttemberg)
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    Paris. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne, RXVII 4= 60
    Collection
    NuBIS (Sorbonne)
    Library
    Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne
    Date
    1656, 17e s.
    Language
    eng
    • The questions concerning liberty, necessity, and chance. Clearly stated and debated between Dr.