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Total number of records: 2136
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 58 |
| Wood, Joseph (1750-1821) | 41 |
| Catholic Church | 22 |
| Raffald, Elizabeth (1733-1781) | 19 |
| Glasse, Hannah (1708-1770) | 16 |
| King James II (1633-1701) | 15 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 14 |
| Johnson, Richard | 13 |
| Johnson, Richard (1793) | 13 |
| Lettsom, John Coakley (1744-1815) | 12 |
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Archive Collection:
MS 2282
MS 2282
1792
Manuscript of ‘Sors misera servorum in insulis Indiae occidentalis’ (Ode on The West-Indian Slave Trade) submitted by Coleridge for the Browne Medal for classical composition in his first year at ...
Archive Collection:
MS 2284
MS 2284
1475
Manuscript in Latin in Humanistic bookhand on parchment, containing Pomponius Mela 'Cosmographia' [fols. 1-30r], the anonymous 'Descriptio Ligustice regionis', a description of Liguria and Genoa, [fol...
Archive Collection:
MS 2285
MS 2285
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 2286
MS 2286
c.1420
Manuscript in Middle English in Anglicana Formata on parchment, copied by the 'Selden Scribe' [ex inf.: Professor Sebastian Sobecki] containing Thomas Hoccleve's ‘Regiment of Princes’. Marginal gl...
Archive Collection:
MS 2287
MS 2287
After 1430
Manuscript in Middle English in several Anglicana bookhands on parchment containing the text of the Brut Chronicle (Prose Brut). Contemporary scribal additions in Anglicana bookhand correcting omissio...
Archive Collection:
MS 2288
MS 2288
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 Collection:
MS 2289
MS 2289
c.1580
Manuscript in Secretary hand on paper containing 'A pampflyt compiled of cheese'. Decoration: Undecorated; page frames ruled. Collation: [A-P4]. With one initial and two final flyleaves. Each quire is...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD244
YAS/MD244
17th century-18th century
Deeds relating to Barnsley, Ecclesfield, Greasbrough, Hemsworth, Horton [parish of Bradford], Rawmarsh, Ryhill [parish of Wragby], Thurnscoe and elsewhere 17th-18th century
Archive Art Series:
ART 090/3
ART 090/3
1770-1790
Japanese woodblock print. Japanese title is 'San shibai kabuki kyogen no zu'. From the series 'New Perpsective Pictures' ('Shinpan uki-e').
Depicts the interior of a theatre with a full view of the...
Archive Series:
MS 24
MS 24
16--
Contemporary pagination (irregular) 3-4, 10-11, 19-20, 23-48, 51-68, 69-71, 76-99, 104-109, 112-115, 122-127, 130-143, 148-167, 170-180. Commencing from the other end, modern ink pagination (irregular...
Archive File:
MS 1936/1/1/1
MS 1936/1/1/1
1746-1777
Includes transcripts of an abstract of a letter to a Friend, entries relating to the Piesly family and Friends in Manchester, Nottingham, Derby, Durham, Lancashire and Cheshire.
Archive File:
MS 1936/1/1/2
MS 1936/1/1/2
1762-1777
Includes transcripts of letters to the Monthly Meetings at Marsden and Rochdale in Lancashire.