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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 163
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • .-17 or 18 A.D.
    • Tibullus, Albius, ca. 50-19 a.C.
    • The manuscript was written and illuminated in Florence, perhaps for Braccio, a member of the Martelli
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 850
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1440
    Language
    Latin
    • Cicerón, Marco Tulio, 106-43 a.C
    • The coat of arms on p. 3 (four bearded male faces in profile, arranged in a circle) most likely was that
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 139
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (about 1460-1470?)
    Language
    Latin
    • Beatty, A. Chester (Alfred Chester) Sir (1875-1968)
    • The humanistic script is the work of a single scribe, with large golden initials and "bianchi girari"
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 136
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of 14th - beginning of 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • a.C.
    • This manuscript on parchment, written in a regular calligraphy, contains many philosophical dialogues
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 184
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century, around 1482-1485
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • A luxurious copy of the Life of Aesop, part historical and part legendary, that was compiled around 1300
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 54
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1470-1480
    Language
    Latin
    • A partly erased coat of arms on the opening leaf indicates that the book of hours was made for the wedding
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 298
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1410 (?)
    Language
    Latin
    • Florence is among the earliest manuscripts written in Humanist minuscule, and it is possible that this is a
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 46
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, 16th century (ca. 1513-1521)
    Language
    Latin
    • The Medici coat of arms can be found in the middle of the original binding’s cover, in a rich frieze
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 99
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    e-codices
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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
    • the manuscript decorated in Florence with "bianchi girari” ornamentation, had it bound in Urbino with a