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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.5
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • probably the Loire region
    • The author Robin Comtet - who mentions himself toward the end of the piece - is not otherwise known.
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 100
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, 14th century, around 1408-10
    Language
    French, Latin
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    • Master of the Mazarine
    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • It contains 17 miniatures created in Paris around 1408/10 in the artistic circle of the Master of Boucicaut
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 108
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, around 1410
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Master of the Mazarine
    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • The miniatures were created around 1410 by a leading Parisian master, who can be identified as the Master
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 165
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1412-1415
    Language
    French
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    • Master of the Mazarine
    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • Pierre le Fruitier, called Salmon, secretary to Charles VI and someone who influenced John the Fearless
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 5
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1460
    Language
    French
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    • Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite
    • In this work, written at the end of the 14th century in Valencia, the author describes the universe of
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.3
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • probably the Loire region
    • The Latin part of this fragment (f. 1r–3r) contains a collection of excerpts from various authors regarding
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 104
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, around 1440/50
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • The Netherlands
    • between Tournai and The Hague
    • Two artists, active around 1440/50, contributed to the decorations of this book of hours: the older one
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 91
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century (cf. A. Dufour) or around 1460 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
    Language
    French, Latin
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    • probably the Loire region
    • With a beautiful binding à la "Du Seuil", this 15th century manuscript contains the Policraticus (The
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 461
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, before 1545
    Language
    Latin, French, Italian, Flemish
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    • Order of Service for the Monastery of St. Gall in the Directorium of 1583
    • Among the composers are, among others, Alexander Agricola, Loyset Compère, Josquin Desprez and Jacob
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French, Latin
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    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • This book of hours in the Parisian fashion is richly illuminated and was made for the diocese of Nantes
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis, S 109
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of the 14th century - beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript of Six âges du monde, created in France at the end of the 14th century or at the very
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AN IV 19
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • probably the Loire region
    • France (possibly near the court)
    • This religious-allegorical work treats the literary topos Homo viator, man on a (spiritual) journey.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 34
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century (cf. F. Huot)
    Language
    French, Latin
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    • workshop of the Abbey of St. Martin of Tours (France, Indre-et-Loire) (cf. F. Huot)
    • This manuscript from the second half of the 15th century is a book of hours for use in the Abbey of St
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A2598
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    18th century
    Language
    French
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    • Divided into three parts, this manuscript relates year by year all noteworthy events regarding the monastery
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 40
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • probably the Loire region
    • Arras, wrote his Chanson des Saisnes (Song of the Saxons) during the last third of the 12th century.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 148
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French
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    • probably the Loire region
    • Tristan, written by Pierre Sala of Lyon in the years 1520-1528, derives from the medieval Italian tradition
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 106
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, 1458-60
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • At the end of the book, there are tables for the changing holidays beginning with the year 1640; thus
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 77
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • were known at the time.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 147
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript produced at the end of the 13th century contains a copy of the Arthurian romance tales
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 57
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, ca. 1402
    Language
    French
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    • probably the Loire region
    • The Legenda aurea is one of the most copied texts in all of the medieval Occident.