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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 876
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, about 800
    Language
    Latin, Old High German, German
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Some of the texts in this codex are the oldest extant versions, and the text of the anonymous treatise
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 139
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • The first part is a collection of texts by Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373), an important and early theologian
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 4801
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe s. (vers 1450-1460, puis vers 1470-1471), XVIe s. (entre 1508 et 1512) (ff. 2, 73-74)
    Language
    latin
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    • Borso d'Este Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio (1413-1471)
    • Mantua and Florence
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 22
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1425
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • columns of 24 lines; numerous decorated foliate initials, burnished gold initials with foliate sprays, and
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 141
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de-13de eeuw; ca. 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The initials are decorated with geometric motives and stylized foliage and acanthus leaves in a monochrome
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 690
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1686
    Language
    Latin
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    • Edward Hannes came up to Christ Church in 1682, and took his BA in 1686, the year that he produced this
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 158
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Notes:Written, possibly in Germany, in a minuscule script; begins and ends
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 450
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, second half of the 10th and beginning of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • A composite manuscript consisting mainly of calendars and texts with chronological content, produced
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 129
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • organized after the order of the books of the bible), a genealogy from Charlemagne to Ludwig the German and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15l
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, first half of the 8th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • the codex escaped destruction because it reached Basel during the 16th century, before the abduction and
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 3324
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe siècle
    Language
    latin
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    • Bridget of Sweden, (b. 1303, d. 1373), nun, mystic and saint
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 404
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw; ca. 1175-ca. 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • The manuscript was part of the merged libraries of Ter Doest and Ten Duinen Abbey.
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1268
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    15. Jh. (1434)
    Language
    lat
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    • John of Rupescissa (b. c. 1300, d. c. 1365), Franciscan monk and alchemist
    • Arnold of Villanova (b. c. 1240, d. 1311), physician and reformer
    • Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (b. 854, d. 925), physician, alchemist and philosopher
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 911
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, around 790
    Language
    Old High German, German, Latin
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Abrogans" manuscript from around 790, containing the earliest German translation of the Lord's Prayer and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 366
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1250–1330
    Language
    Latin
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    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • Decoration: Fine borders, historiated and other initials, line endings, fols. 10-45, 58-69.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Blockbook Collection, 10123
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1475
    Language
    lat
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    • between Tournai and The Hague
    • argument, showing the Good Angel, Bona Inspiration, and the advantages of faith, patience, and other
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 107
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, around 1390/1405
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • The manuscript contains a psalter for use in Evreux, episcopal city and preferred residence of the kings
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 461
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1225
    Language
    lat
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • late twelfth century), De canone missae, sometimes attributed to John of Cornwall (d. after 1179), and
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 317
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 9th century, 10th century, 9th–10th centuries / around 1460
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    • This unimposing composite manuscript contains six works of differing content types and origins, bound
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10401
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Language
    latin
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace