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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 172
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1490
    Language
    Italian
    • Attributed to Hippocrates
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This late Renaissance Italian humanist manuscript contains excerpts of various works by Latin and Greek
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 186
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian
    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • mythology for those seeking to understand the world of the Romans.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-45.1
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, undated [1541]
    Language
    Italian
    • Michelangelo (1475-1564) addressed this sonnet and his dedication to one of his closest friends, the
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 4
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, French, Italian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Manuscript from Italy with the widely disseminated and successful collection of Medieval Latin fables
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 131
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, late 14th century
    Language
    Italian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • manuscript unites two different collections of Italian poetry: a collection of 380 poems by Petrarch and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, T-3.3
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, n.d. [Ferrara, 1576]
    Language
    Italian
    • The poet had submitted his original work to various humanists and high-ranking scholars, and he took
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B283
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 1553-1555
    Language
    Italian
    • relate to one of the darkest periods in the history of the Hebrew book.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 39
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1467
    Language
    Italian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The Elegia di madonna Fiammetta, dedicated to "women in love", describes in the first person the feelings
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 8
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, about 1577-1591
    Language
    Italian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This “libro di ricordanze” belonged to the Grand Duke of Tuscany; it is probably comprised of the notes
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 530
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1517/1531
    Language
    Latin, German, French, Italian
    • Gall cathedral organist and calligrapher Fridolin Sicher (1490-1546).
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 310(401)
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, mid-15th century
    Language
    Latin, Italian
    • contains a series of decrees issued by the Visconti government for the municipal authorities between 1352 and
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    Quinto. Archivio parrocchiale, s. n.
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    Quinto. Archivio parrocchiale
    Date
    1547
    Language
    Latin, Italian
    • calendar lists the stipends for annual masses or for anniversaries, the solemnities, the indulgences and
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    Chironico. Archivio parrocchiale, n. 66
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    Chironico. Archivio parrocchiale
    Date
    16th century, around the middle of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, Italian
    • calendar lists the stipends for annual masses or for anniversaries, the solemnities, the indulgences and
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    Mairengo. Archivio parrocchiale, s. n.
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    Mairengo. Archivio parrocchiale
    Date
    16th century, 1563
    Language
    Latin, Italian
    • calendar lists the stipends for annual masses or for anniversaries, the solemnities, the indulgences and
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    Torre. Archivio parrocchiale, s. n.
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    Torre. Archivio parrocchiale
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, 19th century, 20th century, 1639 (-1924)
    Language
    Latin, Italian
    • in 1639 at the request of the vicini (the original members of the municipal corporate body) of Torre and
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    Castro. Archivio parrocchiale, s. n.
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    Castro. Archivio parrocchiale
    Date
    16th century, 1554
    Language
    Italian, Latin
    • 1554 at the request of the vicini (the original members of the municipal corporate body) of Castro and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 12
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    Italian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • It is usually attributed to the Florentine Dominican Jacopo Passavanti (ca. 1302 – 1357); however, this
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 149
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French, Italian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Diego de San Pedro is a Spanish pre-Renaissance poet and storyteller; perhaps he was of Hebrew origin
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 130
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500
    Language
    Italian, Latin
    • was created at a time when book printing had already proven its usefulness, this manuscript serves to
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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
    • Gall organist Fridolin Sicher; 49 songs for three to five voices in 16th century mensural notation without