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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 374
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1456
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • Miniatures in grisaille by Jean Tavernier, executed for Philip the Good of Burgundy.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 45.14
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1786
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Heraldry was often used for presentation bindings, to flatter the recipient.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Tanner 9
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1556
    Language
    English
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    • the psalm versions of Sternhold and Hopkins - and the earliest edition to include melodies - compiled for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, I 2.9 Med.
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1638
    Language
    English
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    • Printed by Thomas Cotes, for Jacob Blome.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. B. 514
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, middle
    Language
    Irish
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    • Compiled for Maghnus Ó Domhnaill.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D’Orville 87
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Vine-stem border with putti, blank circle for arms.Humanistic script.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 264
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • The Treatise on Armoury was written for Saladin (1169-1193 CE), the celebrated founder of the Ayyubid
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D’Orville 97
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, beginning (before 1513)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Made for Konrad Peutinger, with some headings and corrections in his hand.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. misc. d. 34
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, late
    Language
    Latin
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    • Made for Duke Humfrey
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Mason Q 233
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1588
    Language
    English
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    • New plates were engraved, in England, for this edition; they were exact copies, but anglicised.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce 271
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1494
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • ) (Paris: Antoine Vérard, 1 Mar. 1493/4)The spaces, which in the British Library copy are left for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 192
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, second half and 1456
    Language
    Latin
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    • Text in carmina figurata, mono-space lettering forming screens for coloured figures, geometrical and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 35.12
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1771
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Derived from European 'fan' bindings of the 17th century, it was notable for its innovative design and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 378
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1436
    Language
    Latin, Greek
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    • The same scribe also copied a Terence at Basel in 1436, perhaps also for Pietro Donato (MS. Vat.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 36
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1450
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    • Sempringham (d. 1189), adapted from his process of canonization (1201-2), in a mid 15th-century English copy for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 30.13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [c. 1520]
    Language
    Italian
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    • Blanchellus, In Pauli Veneti logicam commentum cum questionibus nonnullis (Venice: Johannes Leoviler, for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 110.15
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1486
    Language
    Latin
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    • Palimpsest catch for clasp on front board, back missing.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 96
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1050–1100
    Language
    Latin
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    • Provenance: Würzburg, Benedictine abbey of St Stephen, before the end of the 12th century (see fols.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, fol. theta 446
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1501
    Language
    Latin
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    • Text with spaces left for decorated initials.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce BB 233
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    (1567 ?)
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Ralph Vaughan Williams used this melody for his Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis.