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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 102
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1320
    Language
    French
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • hagiographic compilation in French prose which recounts the lives of the apostles, martyrs, confessors and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 165
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    15th century, ca. 1412-1415
    Language
    French
    • 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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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 178
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1353
    Language
    French
    • 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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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 101
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 2nd third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Some of his speeches - the Orationes - were rediscovered by humanists, as is attested by this copy.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 269
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1467 and 1468
    Language
    Latin
    • Attributed to Hippocrates
    • Hornby, Charles Harry St John, Unspecified, printer and collector
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. gr. 44
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • manuscript contains a great number of scholia, which partially complete those of older manuscripts and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 50
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    9th century, around 825
    Language
    Latin
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 10
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr (attributed to)
    • This manuscript consists of four texts: an anonymous treatise on arithmetic and astronomy, an anonymous
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1306-1309
    Language
    Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Over time, the wax turned black and hard, which makes it harder to read.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 35
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Some of the 14 miniatures that decorate the manuscript can in fact also be found in other books of hours
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 99
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century (cf. H. Aubert and A. Dufour) or around 1478-1480 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
    Language
    Latin
    • Mantua and Florence
    • This long Latin poem was intended to thank Sultan Mehmet II for having freed Ferducci’s brother-in-law
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 32
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The miniatures are attributed to the final period of the workshop of the Duke of Bedford (around 1435
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55 bis
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    18th century, 1720-1742
    Language
    Latin
    • Over time, the wax turned black and hard, which makes it harder to read.
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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
    • Six large miniatures remain, of which two pertain to the life of Christ, two are dedicated to the Annunciation
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 54
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1420
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript dates from about 1420 and contains the "Conspiracy of Catilin " and the "Jugurthine War
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 98
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, 1170-1180
    Language
    Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript, dated to the years 1170-1180, contains the text of the Alexandreis, a Latin epic poem
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 97
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    16th century, beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript dates from the beginning of the 16th century and contains two poems by Raoul Bollart,
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 157
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    12th century, 13th century, around 1200
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript, dated to about 1200, contains several texts, among them the Martyrology of Usuard (Benedictine
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 30b
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1460
    Language
    Latin
    • Urbain Bonivard, prior of Saint-Victor in Geneva from 1458 to 1483, produced this missal in 1460.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 41
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, third quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • archbishop of Rouen (1130-1164), is the author of the two theological treatises, Sur la foi catholique and