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A 1300 manuscript with a Latin Coutumier de Normandie as well as judgements form the Exchequer and tarifs of Cane's provote.

Fourteenth-century French manuscript of the Coutumier de Normandie. 22 by 15,5 cm.

"The earliest published plans for the Dictionary are the transcripts of a conference held in Toronto on 21-22 March 1969; these were published as Computers and Old English concordances, and while concordances were one of the two main topics of…

"Curved gold dummy buckle or clasp of elongated triangular form. The loop is decorated with cloisonné garnet work, comprising one band of a running step-pattern, and one of plain rectangular and keystone cells. The buckle has a cut-away dummy…

Spiritual travel is experienced through sung prayer as well as through map image. This choir book or "antiphoner" includes chants for the Christian Holy Week of Easter. So heavy that it can only be moved by two people, this enormous book would have…

A modern painting from a collection of Farkhondeh Ahmadzadeh's tryptic sets of paintings depicting the 13th century epic poem titled "Conference of the Birds" by Attar of Nishapur. In this scene, the Garden of Paradise, or Jannat is depicted through…

"Shallow silver bowl, not quite complete. Central inscribed roundel, in the centre of an equal-armed cross running from below rim. Arms of the cross decorated with chased star motif. Central roundel contains six pointed star, with eight-petalled…

“The pen is a key that opens the door to the necessities of life.” This group of Ottoman scribal implements consists of three pairs of steel scissors and a steel rule all inlaid with gold; a silver and gilt pen box and inkwell; two pen rests,…