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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 113
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Second half 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Other spaces for initials are not filled in.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1821a
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, jrb
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    • Folio 11a: Many initial letters are decorated with crowns.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Book-covers 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    13th century
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    • of angels, on lavender ground, in incised metal with the heads applied and in relief; the medallions are
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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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    • The Psalms are numbered in the margin using Hebrew alphanumerical notation.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 202
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    eng
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    • Decoration: RubricationHeadings are in bold ink throughout
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 31
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • Above the pillar are gothic style arches; the middle arch has a green leaf.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 182
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • The corresponding fittings on the front board are missing.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 323
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, arc, jrb
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    • Only the Hebrew and Aramaic passages are vocalised with Tiberian and Babylonian (supralinear) vocalisation
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 82
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1st half 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • between Proverbs 19: 4 'richessis' and Ecclesiastes 2: 6 'wode of' after folio 192v, where two quires are
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 1208(2)
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1591
    Language
    ita
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    • The first three lectures are about Petrarch's poem 'Questa anima gentil, che si diparte'.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3069 Vol. 2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    ca. 1454-1455
    Language
    lat
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    • Many of its books are now in the Strasbourg Public Library, a number of them with similar inscriptions
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, R44533
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1541
    Language
    ita
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    • Five sonnets addressed to Petrarch are added.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 749
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1562
    Language
    ita
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    • Leaves 34-36 are wrongly numbered 33-35.Signatures: *⁴, A-N⁴.Leaf *4 is blank.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 75
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • : RubricationRunning headers repeated continuously in the upper margin of each folio are
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 30
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Originally one volume, parts 1 and 3 are now John Rylands Latin MS 29 and 31 respectively. 14th century
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3069 Vol. 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    ca. 1454-1455
    Language
    lat
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    • Many of its books are now in the Strasbourg Public Library, a number of them with similar inscriptions
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 24
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • The grounds are gold.Folio 15r Ad te leuaui. Initial, with old linen guard.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 80
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Mid 15th century [1444?]
    Language
    enm
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    • There are numerous 3- and 2-line initials in blue ink with red penwork flourishes.
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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
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    • 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, Special Collections, 16096
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1503
    Language
    ita
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    • A5-A8 are bound at the beginning of the edition before sig. a2.