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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55
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    e-codices
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1306-1309
    Language
    Latin
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    • lat. 55 is an exceptional document because it consists of six wax tablets listing the expenditures for
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.7
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 16th century, end of the 14th century (text) –1515 (additions)
    Language
    French
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    • Fragment with an excerpt from the Continuation des Chroniques abrégées by Baldwin of Avesnes (for the
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 57
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, ca. 1402
    Language
    French
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    • Popular not only in Latin but also in the vernacular languages, it had various uses, as a tool for preaching
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 10
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Manuscript CB 10 was probably intended for educational use, it contains works of Aristotle, Avicenna,
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 167
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • .; beginning on f. 6v, the inner column is reserved for the text, the outer one for the scholia.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 20
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • This work recounts the life of the Constable for Charles V, from his childhood to his death.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 93
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, end of the 14th century
    Language
    French
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    • work by the Dominican sermonist Jacques de Cessoles, using the game of chess as the allegorical basis for
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.1
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    e-codices
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1370-1380
    Language
    French
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    • of Jehan Bretel) and a fragment of the Prise amoureuse by Jean Acart de Hesdin; all chansons except for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 165
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Later the manuscript was owned by Sir Thomas Philipps, from whom Martin Bodmer purchased it for his collection
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 173
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • from (northeastern) France was produced in the 9th century in the region of Paris-Reims and is notable for
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 222
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second third of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • A simple manuscript for regular use in a handy size, in St.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 148
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French
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    • The codex held by Fondation Bodmer is the dedication copy made for King Francis I of France.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 13
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Hautecombe Abbey in Savoy, which was acquired by Archbishop Giacinto della Torre of Turin (1747-1814) for
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    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 5
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    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
    Date
    15th century, first half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The book of hours could have been intended for use in eastern France.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 174
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • The French translation by Laurent de Premierfait for Jean de Berry was equally popular, as evidenced
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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
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    • This manuscript might have been created for Charles III de Bourbon-Montpensier (Charles de Bourbon) between
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis, S 109
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of the 14th century - beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • remarkable in more ways than one: first, it was created in the rarely-used scroll format, a format reserved for
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 272
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, beginning of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • manuscript are the Epitaphium Alcuini (carm. 123) and Alcuin’s Carmen 112 Dum sedeas laetus (an inscription for