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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, EL 26 C 9
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    ca. 1400-1410
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500) [enm]
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • Notes: The Ellesmere Chaucer is a beautiful and elaborately decorated manuscript
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 422
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Lectionary and homilary for the period from Pentecost to the last Sunday after Pentecost, meticulously
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 152
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France?, 15th century, mid
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Content: Incomplete, Book I and the beginning of Book II (up to chapter 74)
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 144
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries?, 12th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Also contains a flyleaf (France?
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 395
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de - 14de - 15de eeuw; ff. 1-18: 15de eeuw met latere toevoegingen; ff. 19-153: ca. 1160-1181; ff. 154-178: ca. 1330-1370 (volgens Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, zie Bibliografie: RègleSBenPr4)
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • strong>Summary: Manuscript 395 is a composite manuscript which contains a martyrology and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 64
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 10th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • A quire missing between ff. 48 and 49.Binding: Post-medieval binding.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VGG F 10
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Layout: Spaces reserved foor initials and for most of the drawings.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 25
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France? ; (ff. 1-12:) Paris?, 13th century, first half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294Description (De Meyier 1975): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:109990Also
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 525
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, 13th/14th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Composite manuscript containing mainly theological texts and, as the largest part (pp. 61–212), the Vocabularius
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 628
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    German, Latin, Bavarian
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    • Chronicle of Platterberg/Truchseß, completed in 1459 (pp. 3−796), which in the older literature is also
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 165
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries, southern part ; Furnes?, 16th century, 1525?
    Language
    Latin
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    • Textual: (ff. 1v-29v) With a preface (ff. 1v-2v), two poems (ff. 3r and 27v) and an extensive dedication
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 12 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 13th century, first half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294Description (De Meyier 1973): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:108120Also
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 1160
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    1473
    Language
    Latin
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    • Zacharias of Besançon, d c 1156, also known as Zacharias Chrysopolitanus
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 141
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Part 1: France ; Reims, 9th century, last quarter - Part 2: France ; Reims, 9th century, third quarter - Part 3: France, northern part?, 9th century, second third
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • ff. 63r-150r) Breviarium ab urbe condita / Flavius EutropiusNote: Origin and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 53
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Quarterly, 1 and 4, in three parts: (1) barry of eight gu. and arg.; (2) azure, three fleurs-de-lys or
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 18163
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1477
    Language
    ita
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    • Exegesis in Renaissance Italy, c.1350-c.1650' funded by the AHRC and led by Professor Simon Gilson (
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 31
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Thomas and William Boone
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • additional notes and corrections by F.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Smith-Lesouëf 12
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe siècle
    Language
    latin
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    • Aurelius Victor (b. c. 320, d. c. 390), Roman historian and politician
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, LTK 326
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries, southern part ; Flanders (west), 15th century
    Language
    Dutch, French
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    • Textual: Bilingual book of manners, French and Dutch in separate columns.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 62
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, 15th century, between 1423 and 1476
    Language
    Latin
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    • With descriptions and 79 couloured maps of islands and towns, six of them full page: Corfu (3v), Crete