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Catalogus Rariorum in schola Anatomica Oxoniensi
general editor Brent Nelson
Oxford Bodleian Library Rawlinson D. 912 fols. 201-1v. Brent Nelsontranscription and markup paper 691ff A bound collection of miscellaneous documents of various sizes (up to 32.5cm x 23cm), pertaining to various colleges, including some student exercises and documents related to the business and activities of the colleges, including admissions, some records of monuments and inscriptions, letters, orations, etc. 691ff in total. With handwritten notes by Anthony à Wood. Evidently once owned by Anthony à Wood
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piscis Americani ad nascebatur
Pes Ursi albi ex Groenlandia trans-
missus
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bibliothecarii repositūum
Aqua Petrefacta Concha è mari rubro Fistula Necotiana Indica 201v Chirothecæ ex pelliculis Murænarūum Wigorni-
anæ confectis
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