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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 272
    Collection
    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, beginning of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Also included in the manuscript are the Epitaphium Alcuini (carm. 123) and Alcuin’s Carmen 112 Dum sedeas
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 230
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    e-codices
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, around 800
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 9
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 11th century, 11th/12th century / 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • During the entire middle ages in the occident, the texts of Aristotle and Boethius were well circulated
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 32
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This 15th century Book of Hours following the custom of Paris also contains a complete biblical Psalter
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 57
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    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, ca. 1402
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • In short texts, it blends sanctoral and temporal celebrations in the course of the year, following the
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 147
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Arthurian romance tales in prose: "Estoire del Graal", "Merlin", "Suite Merlin", "Queste del saint Graal", and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AN IV 19
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    e-codices
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The origin of the first owner, the rubricator and perhaps also the scribe of the manuscript, Petrus Guioti
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 174
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This ethical work by Boccaccio, originally written between 1353 and 1356 and expanded in 1373, addresses
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, IS 1841
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    e-codices
    Library
    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • inventory was written in 1381 by Brother Giovanni Ioli, who saw to its reorganization between 1377 and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 181
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    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • They are richly decorated with gold and cover two thirds of a page; a large number of initials adorned
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 149
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French, Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This translation is also based on Lelio Manfredi’s Italian translation, completed in 1513.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 503ab
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    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Small format prayer Book on highest quality parchment with Latin and several French prayers.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 258
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, Old High German
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The first part (f. 1-47) comprises three commentaries on the Old and the New Testament; the second part
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 40
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • Seller: Payne and Foss
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Jean Bodel, who was a member of the Brotherhood of Buskers and a bourgeois (middle-class resident) of
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 611
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 5th century, 7th century, 8th century (Palimpsests 5th and 7th century)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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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)
    • Thirteen miniatures and a number of filigreed initials adorn the alexandrine monorhyme stanzas of the
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 89
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The countless marginal and interlinear glosses in CB 89 are evidence of the rediscovery of the works
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 172
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains only the Bucolics, the Georgics and the first five books of the Aeneid; the
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 306
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, first third of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The last page received a copy of Abbo’s second letter to Giraldus and Vitalis.
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964
    Collection
    e-codices
    Date
    13th century, end of 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The value of this unique and extraordinary work lies in the quality of its textual illustrations: 337