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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Ital. 187
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, first quarter
    Language
    Italian
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. 7Q 3.9
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1481
    Language
    Latin
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    • Ephraem the Syrian
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 488
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1500
    Language
    Latin
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    • Statutes of the Hospital of S.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Liturg. 392
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1400
    Language
    Latin
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    • Use of the Badia, Florence.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 214
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Related to the Convent of S. Maria degli Angeli.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 138
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1458
    Language
    Latin
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    • The script is generally humanistic in form but the capitals show strong Gothic affinities.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Montagu d. 32
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1470-1480
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • Humanistic script attributable to the Florentine humanist Bartolomeo Fonzio.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. class. d. 37
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1413
    Language
    Latin
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    • One of the earliest dated examples of humanistic script.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Inc. e. I9.1489.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1489
    Language
    Italian
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    • Bartholomaeus Fontius, from the Latin version of Franciscus Griffolinus Aretinus)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. F. 6. 28
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1430-1440; 15th century end (border)
    Language
    Latin
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    • The historiated border on this folio was added in Italy, Naples at the end of the fifteenth century.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 156
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, first quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • A fine example of the Gothic style of decoration associated with the Convent of S.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 289
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1465-1475
    Language
    Latin
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    • White vine-stem interlace border enclosing the text on three sides and continuing into initial O(mnis
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. G. 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1440-1450
    Language
    Latin
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    • The first page is written in silver.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D’Orville 87
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Note the pale background colours of the border and the rather crudely drawn putti.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 73
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1430-1440
    Language
    Latin
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    • The vine-stem initial is typical of the date, though somewhat crude.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 231
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Vespasiano called him the most beautiful scribe of his day.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. G. 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • The simple vine-stem borders are related to the style of Filippo Torelli, better known for his decoration
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Liturg. 347
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, end (after 1476)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Made for the Nunnery of the Order of Franciscan Tertiaries at Florence.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Buchanan d. 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1455
    Language
    Latin
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    • The scribe is identifiable as Ser Giovanni da Stia, a Florentine notary who copied many dated manuscripts
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Ital. 62
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1470-1480
    Language
    Italian
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    • The circular title page is of a type commonly found in expensive Florentine manuscripts of c. 1470.