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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1777
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • 1120-1170, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury
    • England and Netherlands
    • 5th-century play Querolus (The Complainer), and two compilations of theological works and hymns.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 151
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter of Poitiers, c 1130-1205, Chancellor of Paris
    • England and Netherlands
    • Start of text. Genealogy with medallions featuring Adam and Eve at the top.
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 111
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, about 1488
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • The monarch was one of the most important figures for the French book trade from 1480 on.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 7
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1470
    Language
    lat, fre
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • the cross, Holy Spirit, and Virgin (use of Sens), Psalms, Office of the Dead (use of Troyes), suffrages
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 731
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 794
    Language
    Latin
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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • The so-called Wandalgarius manuscript containing the Lex Romana Visigothorum, the Lex Salica and the
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. A.II.4
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    end of 11th century, [before 1096], [before 1130]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Simeon of Durham, c 1060-c 1128
    • Haimo, of Auxerre, -approximately 855
    • The second and only surviving volume of a large Atlantic Bible that was one of the group of books donated
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HU 1051
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    between 1400 and 1599
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    • Rupescissa, John of, 1300-1365
    • Petrus Hispanus (b. c. 1220, d. c. 1277), philosopher and later Pope John XXI(?)
    • Collection of alchemical, medical and technical works, consisting of parts of several manuscripts of
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    Paris. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne, VCM 6= 5620
    Collection
    NuBIS (Sorbonne)
    Library
    Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne
    Date
    1684, 16e s.
    Language
    eng
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    • Contient : - Humane nature, or The fundamental elements of policy (p. 1-[90]) ; - De corpore politico
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 703
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century and last quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • The first two were copied in Paris, probably around the end of the 15th century, by the famous professor
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1278
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1701 (Rorschach) / 1705 (St. Gall)
    Language
    German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Monastery of Mariaberg (Switzerland)
    • then spent 13 years on various Indonesian islands as a soldier in the service of the Dutch East India
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 286
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, around 850
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856
    • Abbey of St. Emmeram (Germany)
    • A copy of the work De institutione clericorum (On the institution of the clergy) by Hrabanus Maurus,
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.25.2
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1540-1574 C.E.
    Language
    Latin
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    • Willliam of Malmesbury (collected by)
    • Aldhelm of Sherborne, c 639-709, Saint, Bishop of Sherborne
    • Matthew Parker archbishop of Canterbury
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 139
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (about 1460-1470?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Millar, Eric George, 1887-1966, DLitt, Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum
    • Beatty, Alfred Chester, Unspecified, of Add MS 43460
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 908
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 6th century, 7th century, 6th-7th centuries (lower script) / second half of the 8th century (upper script)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Paul, the Apostle, Saint
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 428
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    14de eeuw; ff. 1r-54v: 14de eeuw; ff. 55r-76v: 14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • of the Historia Britonum and the cross-shaped stamp of Ten Duinen.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. e Mus. 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c.1110-1140
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Commentary on the Song of Songs.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 132
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat, fre
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
    • Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 239
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • A copy of the Commentaries of Isidore of Seville on various books of the Old Testament (Quaestiones in
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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 2001
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Frankrijk, [1100-1200?]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Pliny, the Elder
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1789
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • sentences from Holy Scriptures inscribed in gilt letters on its blue border; within it is a planisphere of