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Total number of records: 2371

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Coins	2083
Textiles	167
Archives	121

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Coin Collection	2083
International Textile Collection	167
Medieval Manuscripts	114
Ripon Cathedral	92
Brotherton Collection	21
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	3

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
fabulous animals	31
saints	26
god the father	16
animals	11
manuscripts, latin (medieval and modern)	11
king david	6
birds	5
angels	3
holy ghost (as dove)	2
christ	2

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Rome	256
Alexandria, Egypt	218
Antioch, Syria	194
Egypt	167
Berytus	47
Antioch, Pisidia	43
Marcianopolis	41
Edessa, Mesopotamia	34
Caesarea	34
Sidon	30

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Elagabalus	98
Severus Alexander	90
Gordian III	82
Caracalla	77
Trajan	70
Philip I	67
Antoninus Pius	65
Hadrian	64
Septimius Severus	58
Alexander III of Macedon	57

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From earliest	669
From 100	521
From 200	978
From 300	14
From 400	5
From 500	14
From 600	10
From 700	4
From 800	2
From 900	2
From 1000	9
From 1100	28
From 1200	97
From 1300	18

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 99	578
Up to 199	430
Up to 299	1121
Up to 399	53
Up to 499	6
Up to 599	12
Up to 699	8
Up to 799	5
Up to 899	3
Up to 999	3
Up to 1099	9
Up to 1199	22
Up to 1299	95
Up to 1399	26

Archive Collection:
MS 2285

[Greek Gospels]

10th century

Manuscript in Greek Minuscule on parchment, containing the text of the Gospels, with lectionary divisions in margins. Imperfect: wanting numerous leaves and with some sections of the text supplied lat...

Archive Collection:
MS 2288

[Latin Bible]

13th century

Manuscript in Latin in Gothic bookhand (textura) on parchment, containing the text of the Old and New Testaments. Decoration: Minimal decoration, but occasional fine decorated capitals in red and blue...

Archive Item:
BC MS Frag. 1

Three single leaves from medieval liturgical manuscripts

14th century

Comprises: 1) a leaf from a late 14th-century (?) Book of Hours, with a large arched miniature of the Annunciation, in a French style of painting. The miniature is surrounded by a full decorated borde...

Archive Item:
Ripon Cathedral MS 1

[Biblia]

[ca. 1260]

Decoration: biblical books and divisions of Psalms have historiated 9-line initials in colours, on gold grounds, and with ornamental bars extending to the margins that are often decorated by birds and...

Archive Item:
YAS/MD50/1

Lease for eight years

1235

1. Abbot Maurice and the Convent of Kirkstall 2. Elias de Lofthusum Property: bovate of land with toft with was Roger's together with Iustecroft and all its appurtenances in the vill of Lofthusum [L...

Archive Item:
YAS/MD225/1/105

Manor of Wakefield court roll

1379

To be edited for publication by J Addy and A Young

Coin:
CC.1

aureus

2 BCE - AD 4

Laureate bust of Augustus facing right with legend around, CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE

Archive Item:
BC MS 33/1

Theodoretus Interpretatio in Psalmos volume 1

c.11th century

Textile:
ITC 2000.9.1

mummy cloth

c. 2500 BCE

Fragment of coarse plain woven cloth. Light brown colour with darker brown stripes formed by double weft threads which are not at standard intervals. Very creased. This is a wrapping from the mumm...

Textile:
ITC 2009.218.1

cloth fragment

c. 3900 BCE

Cloth fragment from grave 45 at Tarkhan, excavated by Petrie.

Textile:
ITC 2009.217.1

cloth fragment

c. 4400 BCE

Cloth fragment from mastaba (tomb) 2050 at Tarkhan, excavated by Petrie. Plain woven with one edge turned under and slip stitched with a single linen thread, into position. The turning appears to be ...

Textile:
ITC 2009.219.1

cloth fragment

c. 766 BCE

Cloth fragment from the cemetery at Tarkhan excavated by Petrie.