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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Holkham misc. 48
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1350–1375
    Language
    Italian
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    • One historiated initial depicting Dante sitting asleep on a hillside at the start of the Inferno (p.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Oxford University Archives NEP/supra/Reg F
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    5th November 1439
    Language
    Latin
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    • Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester, brother of Henry V, (1390-1447), was a generous benefactor to the University
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. B f.53
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, first half
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • probably the Loire region
    • Contemporary French binding for Pietro Duodo, the Venetian ambassador at Paris from 1504 to 1547, in
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 12.16
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1683
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • The massed flowers surrounding the saintly women make an attractive composition.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 720
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bearded man stands on the back of a crouching figure, the former strikes the forehead of the latter with
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Liturg. 91
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Illumination related to the work of the Master of the Golden Scrolls and the Master of Guillebert de
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Sherard 244
    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.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Sherard 245
    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.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 235
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1223
    Language
    Judaeo-Arabic
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    • Commentary on the Mishnah (Seder Neziḳin: Bava Kama, Bava Metsiʻa, Bava Batra, Sanhedrin, Makot)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. E. D. Clarke 14
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Greek
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    • Written in Greek for the Presentation of the Theotokos (Nov. 21), a feast celebrated in the Serbian
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 86
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1101–1350
    Language
    Greek
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    • . || Excerpts from Basil the Great, Michael Syncellus, John Chrysostom, etc.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 818
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, late
    Language
    Latin
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    • Surviving portion of the 'Vetus interpretatio Latina' of Origen, Commentary on St. Matthew's Gospel.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    before 1179 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • The small size of the book shows that it was intended to be carried in procession by a single cantor
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 161A, frame 20
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400
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    • The case of wood covered with embossed leather. The slots in the sides would have held a strap.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 149
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
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    • The 'Laud Ragamala,' compiled in India during the first half of the 17th century, owned by Archbishop
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 15
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1105
    Language
    Greek
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    • Crossing of the Red Sea (Ex. 14: 19-31).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 90.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1577
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • The Orient in Venice. Italian (Venice), 1577.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Tanner 67
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1638
    Language
    English
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    • A petition submitted to Archbishop Laud in 1638 by the milliners of the Royal Exchange on behalf of the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. B. 486
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Latin
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    • Roman martyrology (fragment), with added obits for the Augustinian abbey of Navan, Co. Meath.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 793
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century AD
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Decorated with gilt-blocked panels, some of which are sunk into the boards.