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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 129
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, beginning of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • A copy of the exegesis of the Letters of Paul to the Ephesians, Titus, and Philemon by the Church Father
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, LIP 7
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    German regions ; Murbach Abbey, 9th century, first quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Note: Origin and date: According to Bischoff 2004: "Murbach, unter Mitwirkung eines
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. icon. 27(1
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1598
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Two years later, the artist, engraver, and publisher Wilhelm Dillich (1571–1650) created and published
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 17
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France , 10th centuryFrance, central part ; Loire region? ; 9th century, c. 830-860German regions?, 10th century, last quarterGerman regions ; Trier region?, 10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Origin and date (part 2): "Mittleres Frankreich (?), IX.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3213
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains a compilation of several commentaries on the Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 11
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, beginning of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • An otherwise unknown artist contributed to this manuscript, created after 1100 in the scriptorium of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 111
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin, Old High German, German
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • On the first and last pages are pen tests from the 11th through 15th centuries, including three Old High
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 978
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    14uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • letters, from a choir book having chant on a red 4-line staff: (1) the letter "C"; (2) the letters "M" and
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 B XII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • This manuscript consists of Juvenal's Saturae (Satires) with interlinear and marginal glosses (ff. 3r
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 304
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries, eastern part? ; German regions?, 15th century, 1466
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Note: Date and script: Based on colophon: (f. 279r) "Et Finitus et completus
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    Beromünster. Stiftskirche St. Michael, Cantatorium
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Beromünster. Stiftskirche St. Michael
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The Beromünster cantatorium contains the solo sung parts of the mass with notation, and some tropes added
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 981
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Physical Description: 2 fragments : vellum ; 14 x 15 cm. or smaller, mounted together to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 90
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Historiated initial ‘H’ with Jacob, Joseph and his brothers.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B62
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1728
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • Belinfante copied this decorated psalter from the 1670 printed edition by the Amsterdam printer of Hebrew and
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 74
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de-14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • The first text is attributed by the scribe to the thirteenth-century French Dominican Nicholas of Gorran
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 11
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • The front cover has a border composed of metal plates, some enamelled and some engraved.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. G. 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • White vine-stem border with bird, butterfly and coat of arms with ox head.Humanistic script.
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 13 D VII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • According to Thomson, it was written by scribe A working at St Albans at that time.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, pt. III
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1400
    Language
    French, Old (842-ca. 1400)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Part III: from fol. 218 to fol. 274.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 124
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, around 810/820
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • the early church fathers Augustine, Isidore of Seville, the Venerable Bede, a letter from Charlemagne to