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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 102
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1320
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • hagiographic compilation in French prose which recounts the lives of the apostles, martyrs, confessors and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 129
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 12th century (middle?)
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • The satires were very popular in the Middle Ages and beyond, as even Jean-Jacques Rousseau borrowed some
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 1
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
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    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 3
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
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    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 4
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
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    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 45 Vol. 2
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    e-codices
    Library
    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    17th century, [1672]
    Language
    French
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    • This manuscript of historical content in French, with some Latin texts, was left to the library in 1822
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. V258
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    17th century, 1629-1639
    Language
    German, French, Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • pharmacist Hans Friedrich Eglinger (1608-1675) from Basel provides insights into 17th century pharmacy and
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 1200
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, first half of the 15th century
    Language
    German, French
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    • and Fribourg (Switzerland)
    • In the first part, in addition to some short texts in German, it contains the Cycle de la belle dame
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 165
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1412-1415
    Language
    French
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    • Pierre Le Fructier, called Salmon, Secretary to Charles VI, King of France
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Pierre le Fruitier, called Salmon, secretary to Charles VI and someone who influenced John the Fearless
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. V1895
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1612-1630
    Language
    Ancient Greek, French, Latin, Hebrew, German
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    • the pharmacist Emmanuel Ryhiner (1592-1635) from Basel provides insights into 17th century pharmacy and
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 218
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1371
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Guillaume de Marchaut was one of the most important poets and composers of the middle ages in France.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 178
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1353
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • part of this allegorial romance (over 4,000 verses) was written by Guillaume de Lorris in about 1230, and
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, AF A20
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    e-codices
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    1572-1595
    Language
    German, French, Latin
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    • paper, bound in parchment, is composed of 82 leaves, separated into 12 quires that are sewn together, some
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, A2044/2
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    e-codices
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, 1770-1823
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • The notes and the copies of texts primarily refer to the Premonstratensian Bellelay Abbey.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 168
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, end of the 13th - beginning of the 14th century
    Language
    French
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    • This text, originally written at the beginning of the 13th century, consists of some 22,300 octosyllabic
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 189
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, around 1310
    Language
    French
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    • Seller: Payne and Foss
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • In about 1310 the Bishop of Liège, Thibaut de Bar, commissioned Jacques de Longuyon to write the Vœux
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 113
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Marie de France (attributed to)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • CB 113 is a copy of a manuscript from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and contains a collection
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Livre des bourgeois 1 / Bürgerbuch 1
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    e-codices
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, 1341-1416
    Language
    Latin, German, French
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    • and Fribourg (Switzerland)
    • The first two of these registers are the most important ones; they cover the period from 1341 to 1769
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 104
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    e-codices
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, around 1440/50
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • England and 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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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 144
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
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    • René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem (1409-1480)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This allegorical poem, composed in 1455, invites people to live a holy life by means of a dialogue between