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Coloured initial. 1 decorated headpiece (f. 2). Large initials in plain red. Psalter Inscription in Russian (f. 1).Inscribed 'Ex dono Will(hel)mi Skinner Armig(?)' (f. 1). Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753), baronet, physician and collector. Purchased as part of

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Part 1: original foliation. Ends with a table of contents (ff. 87v-89) Large white vine initials in colours at the beginning of each book (ff. 1, 38v, 61). Coloured initials in alternating red or blue. De officiis Part 1 written

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• null, Les Chroniques d'Angleterre (3 vols)

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• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

saaf'. f. 153r-v 'Actiua uita est panem esurientem'. 'sic ab illo implicatus absorbeatur'. Codex Parchment 265 180 mm 1 8 , (wants 1, 6, 8), added a stub with painting?, 2 10 , 3-4 8 , 5 6 , 6-13

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

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• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

England Oxford Bodleian Library Douce 302 SC 21876 s. xv 1 English Latin Scribe 1 - Scribal dialect: Staffordshire. Linguistic Atlas Grid Reference: 383 336, 189 (McIntosh, Samuels and Benskin 1986, p. 237). Scribe 2 - Scribal Dialect: Staffordshire.

• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

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• Manuscripts of the West Midlands

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