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CCCC MS 422 consists of two parts, which were together by the twelfth century. The first, a tenth-century volume, contains two Old English texts about the dialogue between Solomon and Saturn, one in poetry (also found in CCCC MS 41) and one in prose.…

This magnificent manuscript was formerly known as the Canterbury Psalter. It is now named for the scribe, Eadwine, a monk of Christ Church Canterbury where the Psalter was made. It is an illustrated copy of the Psalms in three Latin versions with…

The Book of Cerne is a composite manuscript. The central section, part II (fols 2-99), is a ninth-century prayerbook written in principally in Latin with some glosses in Old English. It contains a selection of extracts from the gospels, prayers and…

View of Canton City, c. 1905

This image depicts an episode in 'The Fire Worshippers' from Thomas Moore's Lalla Rookh. Hinda is captive on a Gheber boat; Hafed is at her side. Found in: Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh (London: Longmans, 1880), p. 199;
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Poverty and public health in Belfast, 1888-1914

Photograph of Catherine Helen Spence by an unknown photographer, undated.

Ceylon : an account of the island physical, historical and topographical, with notices of its natural history, antiquities, and productions / By Sir James Emerson Tennent. 2 volumes: fronts., illus., maps (part fold.); 22 cm.
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Collection of photographs illustrative of people, buildings and civilisation in Japan, China and India