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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Sala, George Augustus | 505 |
| Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) | 211 |
| Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016) | 113 |
| Alfred Richard Orage | 86 |
| Orage, A R (1873-1934) | 86 |
| Astbury, Anthony | 80 |
| Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (1878-1962) | 79 |
| Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881-1938) | 79 |
| Heppenstall, Rayner (1911-1981) | 58 |
| Poetry Society | 57 |
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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 142-?]
Four gatherings of 12 (Calendar), 8, 8 and 8. Leaves missing after the first two gatherings (Calendar; Gospel Sequences and Obsecro te) and the last two gatherings (Penitential psalms; Penitential psa...
Extracts from Ptolemy's Almagest and other works, and from the Greek commentators on the Almagest 9 (v.1)
Ptolemy; Theon of Alexandria; Porphyry (234-305); Rhabdas, Nicolaus Artabasdos
[14--? ]
Volume 1 contains extracts from Ptolemy Mathematike Syntaxis (the Almagest), together with two other short works on astronomy by Ptolemy (c. 2 AD), and extracts from the commentary on the Mathematike ...
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...
Prayers and sermons, written by Robert Sanderson
Sanderson, Robert (1587-1663)
c.1640-1660
Comprises: Page 1: A prayer, beginning "O most great and most glorious ... "; Page 8: A thanksgiving, beginning "O most glorious, butt most gracious Lord our God ... "; Page 11: A prayer, beginning "O...
Mock poem or Whiggs supplicatione, by Samuel Colvil
Colvil, Samuel (1640-1680)
ca.1680
Long Hudibrastic satire largely on the Scottish Presbyterian covenanters, in two parts. Part One is preceded by "The Authors Appologie to the Reader", in prose. Part Two ends with a Latin version of t...
Fanaticism Plot, or the informations, confessions, and examinations, of the persons concerned in the notorious insurrection in Farnley-wood, in the parish of Leedes, in the County of York, on the twelfth day of October M.DC.LXIII.
c.1750
Comprises evidence of the conspiracy in 1663 to seize York and overthrow the government of Charles II, with an alphabetical index of names at the end. The contents of this manuscript differ from those...
Diary of the adventures of a merchant captain in the Mediterranean, 1711-1715, compiled by George Aptall
Aptall, George
1715
Contains Captain George Aptall's personal account of his misadventures in the Eastern Mediterranean, signed by him on 17 October 1715.
The practice of speaking and writing English, by John Kirkby.
Kirkby, John (1705-1754)
c.1745
Also known as:A new English grammar, by John Kirkby. Contains an English grammar divided into 15 chapters, which deal, in order, with letters, syllables, sounds, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunc...
Analecta Fairfaxiana, compiled by Charles Fairfax for his son Henry Fairfax.
Fairfax, Charles Colonel (1597-1673)
c.1648-1672
Contains a collection of Fairfax family records, written chiefly in Latin, but with some English poems and sentences included in it, by Charles Fairfax for his son Henry, including many coats-of-arms....
[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
[ca. 1480-1500]
Decoration: 4 full-page arched miniatures within borders decorated with flowers, curled leaves, berries and putti. There are fine 3 to 4-line illuminated initials, on gold grounds and infilled with fl...
Poems by Oliver Style
Style, Sir Oliver
c.1670-c.1710
Largely a compilation of poems by Oliver Style, probably autograph, copied 1698-1703, with some items added in a second hand.