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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 85
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript is remarkable because of its contents as well as its age: it is a dictionary of Tironian
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 278
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Hebrew, Judeo-Arabic
    • This rare Judeo-Arabic fragment is from the Kitab al-Hidaya ila Faraiḍ al-Qulub (Guide to the Duties
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 60
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1346
    Language
    Latin
    • It is a distinctive testimony to the masterly page layout of legal texts, where the main text is usually
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 165
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1412-1415
    Language
    French
    • and someone who influenced John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, in 1409 wrote a composite text that is
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 189
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1470
    Language
    French
    • Tristan in Prose is a 13th century prose romance of which a multitude of copies were made over the course
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 173
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, between 1565 and 1599
    Language
    Judeo-Italian, Hebrew
    • This legal manuscript with the title Sefer Ḥokhmat Nashim is part of a vernacular literary genre for
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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
    • ‘Venerable’ is the term that comes to mind for describing this manuscript.
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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
    • This manuscript is a hagiographic compilation in French prose which recounts the lives of the apostles
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 367
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, beginning of the 16th century, after 1511
    Language
    Latin, French
    • Philibert de Viry’s manuscript is one of the rare Books of Hours for use in the Diocese of Geneva to
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 1/1
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1400-1450, additional pages XVI-XVII
    Language
    French
    • The Bible Historiale is a Bible edition translated by Guyart de Moulins into French prose at the end
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 4
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    17th century, around 1641
    Language
    Hebrew
    • It is a sixth, not yet listed, scroll with the motif “lion, lamb and bear,” produced by the famous engraver
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 1/2
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, ca. 1400-1450, additional pages XVI-XVII
    Language
    French
    • The Bible Historiale is a Bible edition translated by Guyart de Moulins into French prose at the end
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 160
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1450-1480
    Language
    French
    • The illuminator of the Bibliothèque de Genève’s copy of the manuscript is known as the "Master of the
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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
    • The Roman de la Rose is a poetic work of approximately 22,000 octosyllabic verses.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 124
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    Latin
    • It is preceded by a letter from Budé to Pope Julius II, to whom the translation is addressed.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 183
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, last quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    French
    • This manuscript preserves one of the oldest and most complete exemplars of this work; it is the only
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 69
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    18th century, 19th century, 1756 and 18th-19th century
    Language
    Hebrew, Yiddish
    • It is decorated with black ink and masterfully imitates copper engraving.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 124
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript is closely connected to that glorious past era.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 172
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, mid to late 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This volume, which was produced in Italy in the mid to late 15th century, is a collection of letters,
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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.