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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 113
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Preparations were seemingly made for carrying on the genealogy.
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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
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    • library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1892 from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • Acquisition: Purchased for Enriqueta Rylands from Bernard Quaritch
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 28
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat, fre, spa
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    • Layout: 2 columns to a page. 32 written lines for the first scribe;
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, 16583
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1539
    Language
    ita
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    • library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1892 from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer for
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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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    • Script: Sephardi square script for the headings.Sephardi semi-cursive
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Aldine Collection, 21527
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1522
    Language
    ita
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    • library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1892 from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 105
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • Rylands Library at the Phillipps sale on 15 June 1908 through the London booksellers Bull &Auvache for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 117
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    fre, lat
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    • d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford had it sent to George Frederic Warner (b. 1845, d. 1936), archivist for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 139
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    yid, ger
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    • The texts are in non-standard Yiddish with German influences, as is, for example, visible in the spelling
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Medical (pre-1701) Printed Collection, 318
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1548
    Language
    eng
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    • Copland for John Waley.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 16
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Numbers: gold is used for wings, etc. of birds. xxi. Mermaid, with fish.Joshua: vii.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 83
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Spaces for the 29 headings have not been filled: directions for the headings in the margins have been
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 77
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Pricking is evident on the external margins of many folios, for example, folio 59r.
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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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    • Sotheby's sale of Tenison's library on 1 July 1861, lot 12; sold to Lilly for Lord Ashburnham for£150
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 183
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1554
    Language
    ita
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    • Dedicatory preface written by the author for Giulio de' Medici.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 7
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • woman with a book in her hand looking toward a washing basin, bowl or kettle and a towel (items needed for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 32
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • Script: Ashkenazi cursive script.Ashkenazi semi-cursive script for headings.Ashkenazi
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, 4218.3
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1583
    Language
    ita
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    • library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1892 from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, German MS 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    gmh
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    • 3v: N3: Separation and Conjunction for the Red Elixir: on the left two birds clasp their own tails