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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B250
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, [late 13th or early 14th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • -1297) contains one of the first attempts of codifying Jewish religious law in Italy and of presenting
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 185
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, last quarter of the 8th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Copy of the Liber promissionum et praedictorum Dei of Quodvultdeus (Pseudo-Prosper of Aquitaine) from
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.10
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, end of the 14th century
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This fragment contains two texts that were popular in France at the time: the French translation of the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 96
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Copy of an exegesis of the Gospel of Luke (Homilies on the Gospel of Luke) by the church father Ambrose
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Législation et variétés 53/Gesetzgebung und Verschiedenes 53
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg
    Date
    17th century, 1647-1648
    Language
    Latin
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    • and Fribourg (Switzerland)
    • the Free County of Burgundy, with the task of illustrating the flags and banners that were carried by
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 103
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    16th century, 1524
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • The manuscript was illuminated and dated in 1524 by a Master of Bénigne Serre, who was known by the name
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    Paris. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne, VCM 6= 5465
    Collection
    NuBIS (Sorbonne)
    Library
    Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne
    Date
    1651, 17e s.
    Language
    eng
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    • Or, A dissertation concerning man in his severall habitudes and respects, as the member of a society,
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Abbey of St. Amand (France)
    • removed in 1931 and are now stored separately as Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 39
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, yid, lad
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    • Yosef ben David, of Leipnik
    • Gold-tooled text on spine reading "BOOK / OF THE / PASSOVER / AND HIST / OF KING / PHARAOH / WRITTEN
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 502
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    lat
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    • Willelmus Durandus the Elder
    • for it to be imaged, save for a few images of its cover and two single pages.
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    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library, MS 197
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library
    Date
    970–999
    Language
    Latin, English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Æthelwold of Winchester, c 908-984, Saint, Bishop of Winchester
    • Benedict of Nursia, 480-543/547, Saint, Abbot of Montecassino
    • England and Netherlands
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 603
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1493 / second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • Dominican Convent of St. Katharina (Switzerland)
    • This German-language manuscript is made up of five fascicles and contains a treatise on the Passion of
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4773
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • the initials of the Old Testament prefaces and the opening initial of the Book of Genesis.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-5.1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    17th century, 21 January 1628
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • While Cardinal Richelieu was besieging La Rochelle by land and by sea from September 1627 on, the poet
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Eng 515
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    13uu
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • Richard Rolle of Hampole (attrib.)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Summary:A poem in seven parts describing the wretchedness of man, the bitterness
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 317
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 111
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    between 1400-1425
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500) [enm], French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) [frm]
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612, former owner.
    • 1; 7 and 8 have been moved , now forming fol. 1 and 3) ; 2-5⁸ 6¹⁰(-9, 10) ; catchwords towards the center
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 237
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, after 800
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Braulio of Zaragoza, c 585-c 651, Saint, Bishop of Zaragoza
    • A copy of the Etymologies of Isidore of Seville from the time after 800.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11662
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, fre
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • A complete copy of this text with illuminations was made in Paris c. 1245, and is now Paris, BnF, nouv
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 552
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw; ca. 1125-1150
    Language
    Latin
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Summary: Manuscript 552 holds two works of the Roman orator Cicero, with glosses