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    London. British Library, Royal MS 6 B VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • , Scriptorium and Community' (1980), p. 314.
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 214
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • Bridget of Sweden, (b. 1303, d. 1373), nun, mystic and saint
    • This prayer book from the third quarter of the 15th century contains prayers and treatises.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 19725
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Unidentified sermons, beginning 'Cum igitur fere in omnibus paginis '. ff. 5r-30r: Martyrology (imperfect) and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 78
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, third quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bible manuscript from the time of Hartmut, Vice-abbot ca. 850-872 and Abbot 872-883, containing books
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. D. 100
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, beginning
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Travels (imperfect at beginning and end).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. D. 1220
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Boke of Astronomy and off Philosophye'.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 226
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Isaiah, Jeremiah and Lamentations, with gloss.
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1658
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    13.-14. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius A VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, frm
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    • This composite manuscript contains two parts that were separately produced at different locations and
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.27
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1100-1200, 1200-1500
    Language
    Latin, Old English
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    • descending from the emperor and kings.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 26
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Part border and gold 7-line initial M(aecenas atavis) on blue ground decorated with vine-stem interlace
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 30
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 14th century, around 1200 / 13th / 14th centuries
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The first part of the manuscript contains about a hundred leaves from the 12th and 13th centuries.
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964
    Collection
    e-codices
    Date
    13th century, end of 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The value of this unique and extraordinary work lies in the quality of its textual illustrations: 337
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, end - 14th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Miscellaneous astrological drawings and tables.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. e Musaeo 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1467-1469
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The model and some of the content originally derive from Peter of Poitier’s early thirteenth-century
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 46
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    16th century, 15th century, 1546
    Language
    German
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This manuscript, an autograph, contains various writings on the monastic way of life and about monasticism
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    Oxford. St. John's College, MS 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. St. John's College
    Date
    1110
    Language
    Latin, English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • , medicine, history and many other key areas of medieval knowledge.
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. C.III.4
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    earlier 13th century
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Bernard of Pavia and other legal texts.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 122
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Motets : manuscript, [between 1409 and 1415]
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 01125
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    Late 13th cent.
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • England and Netherlands
    • Written by one hand in red and black ink with ornamental initials in red and blue.