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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1543
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    12. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 999
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    14uu
    Language
    lat, fre
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • One- and two-line initials, bar ornaments, and foliate borders in colors and gold.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2713
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The second part was originally bound together with Burney MS 238 (ff. 13r-29r, f. 37r) and Orléans, Bibliothèque
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 421
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    27 Marçco 1494/95
    Language
    Latin
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 42
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat, fre
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • a liturgical calendar, in French (lacks January), Gospel sequences, hours of the Virgin, the Cross, and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3509
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Its contents and evidence of intensive use attest to the study of Classical texts in the Middle Ages,
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 01076
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    1250-1300?
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Some catchwords, especially in second part of text; rubrics and paragraph marks in red; sidenotes
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2991
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript and Harley MS 2992 are companion volumes; Harley MS 2992, which is the continuation of
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 62
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1400
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • artist active in France), with the assistance of a painter of the Jacquemart d'Hesdin atelier (fols. 51v and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 6
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1435
    Language
    lat, fre
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • strong>Liturgical calendar, hours of the Virgin, litany, Psalms, Office of the Dead, suffrages, and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 429
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Summary:Complete liturgical calendar with obits of abbots and other notables
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2886
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Decoration:Three pen drawings of two soldiers killing a man and a dragon with their spears (f. 27v),
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 584
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    12uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • >An allegorical table consisting of five concentric circles combining the seven principal sins and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 62
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400–1410
    Language
    Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Decoration: Important miniatures, historiated and other borders, initials.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lyell 41
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, early
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • concordia, composed in the first half of the 12th century by a Camadolese monk, was an attempt to unify and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 49
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1460
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • One of these contains the dedication of the work and shows four figures, identifiable as Philip the Good
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 18103
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XIe s. (2ème moitié)
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 249
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1485
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • strong>Written in a gothic bookhand, ruled for 16 lines, calendar for 17 lines, with feasts in gold and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 148
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Pierre Sala of Lyon in the years 1520-1528, derives from the medieval Italian tradition of the Tristan and