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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 18
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    70er Jahre 13. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gmh
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    • Only a few of the manuscripts are illuminated.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 19408
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    Ende 8. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Adoption of the rule was mainly the result of the reforming efforts of Benedict of Aniane (circa 750-
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 23552
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    14./15. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • this impressive parchment manuscript, which contains 342 leaves and measures half a meter in height, are
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 811
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    2. Viertel 15. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gmh
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    • The nine love art-songs mostly show simple forms, five of them belong to the texts which are also contained
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 23024
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    15. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • The illustrations are framed by initials from the text.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. hebr. 95
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1342
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/heb
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    • On the margins are single commentaries, among which are the commentaries composed in the eleventh/twelfth
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 21
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    Anfang 14. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gmh
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    • The foundation are next to Bavarian sources the elder German (Leges Alamannorum and Baiuvariorum, Capitularies
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 4
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    14./15. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gmh
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    • The chronicle text contains mainly single-column images, which remained unfinished in their execution
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. gall. 15
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    15. Jh., circa 1470
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/frm
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    • Written around 1464-65, the 19 letters in French and Latin are concerned with poetry.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4452
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    circa 1007-1012
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • dedicatory poem and a full-page miniature, in which Henry and his wife Cunegunda (also seen as Kunigunde) are
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 30150
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1430
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ger, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Among the military devices discussed are, not surprisingly, trebuchets, battering rams, movable portable
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14523
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    I: 1. Hälfte 10. Jh. / II: 3. Viertel 9. Jh. / III: Mitte 11. Jh. / IV: 1279
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • The letter explains pagan and Christian musical instruments that are mentioned in the Bible and their
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 1112
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    11./12. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • The blue, red or white chapter headings on differently colored and decorated background are either in
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. icon. 137
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1580
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/por
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    • The charts are remarkable for their narrative wealth.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 6406
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1300
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gmh
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    • The abstract geometric treatment of garments and other fabric, which are placed in strongly angled folds
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. pers. 10
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1560-1750
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/per
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    • Several painters, working at different times, were involved in its illumination; the miniatures thus are
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 4997
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1460
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gmh
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    • The collection's structure is typical: the songs are arranged according to melodies or songwriters, only
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14045
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1406
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • The miniatures and the initials are painted in gouache opaque watercolors: blue, red, orange, green,
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010 a
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    zwischen 1465 und 1470
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ger
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    • He did not craft the illuminations all by himself, as they clearly are the work of more than one hand
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14485
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    11. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Corrections and marginal notes are entered in the hand of the humanist Konrad Celtis, who used the manuscript