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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 68
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1488
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    • Contents: Commentary on the Mishnah (Sanhedrin 10 [Ḥeleḳ Pereḳ) (ff. 1v-10v).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 144
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Al-Sufi's Book of the Fixed Stars, a revision of Ptolemy's Almagest with Arabic star names and drawings
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 264
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • The Treatise on Armoury was written for Saladin (1169-1193 CE), the celebrated founder of the Ayyubid
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Greaves 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • The 'book of pleasant journeys into faraway lands', or 'Book of Roger', Tabula Rogeriana.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 192
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, second half and 1456
    Language
    Latin
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    • probably the Loire region
    • MS. given by him in 1456 to the monastery of Ste-Croix-de-la-Brettonerie, Paris.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, BOD: Gough Maps 86
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1689
    Language
    English
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    • Chart of the Dee estuary - eastern half
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. G d.53
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1790
    Language
    English
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    • The marriage of Heaven and Hell. [Followed by] A song of liberty.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. C. 81
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, end
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • A tretys in Englyssh tong after the conseite of Ypocras, Avycenne, etc.'
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 445
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1376–1400
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Commentary on the Pentateuch (from Leviticus 23:11 to Deuteronomy 29:28)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 57
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1601–1675
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • List of biblical verses which begin and end with the same letter
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 138
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1458
    Language
    Latin
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    • The script is generally humanistic in form but the capitals show strong Gothic affinities.
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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
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    • The earliest English gold-tooled binding? English, c. 1519.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Tanner 9
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1556
    Language
    English
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    • The complete psalter based on the psalm versions of Sternhold and Hopkins - and the earliest edition
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley Or. 617
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1756
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Commentary on the Midrash Rabba on the Pentateuch and the Five Megilot, and on the Midrash Tehilim, Mishle
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, 8° E 46 Th.
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • The Saints are Paul and Thomas, with the carpenter's square, and St.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 44.15
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1722
    Language
    German
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    • Vellum, tooled and painted; depicting the Ten Commandments on the front cover, the Crucifixion on the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 383
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    before 1500
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • First miniature by the Master of the Roman de la rose, the others by the Master of Edward IV.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. E. D. Clarke 39
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    895
    Language
    Greek
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    • 'The Clarke Plato': the oldest manuscript (discounting papyrus fragments) for about half the dialogues
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 70
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • Jābir (Geber) is usually considered the father of Arabic alchemy, though mystery surrounds his identity
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Sherard 243
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1787–1794
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • These drawings served as the basis for the illustrations included in the published Flora Graeca.