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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden A. 5
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1301–1325
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • On the left flyleaf: Taḳanot ḳehilot ShU"M (Community edicts of Speier, Worms and Mainz, dated 1380/81
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Michael 619
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1320–1330
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Volumes 1 and 2 are Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Kaufmann Collection MS A384 and British
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 57
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, heb, ang, grc, fro
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    • This manuscript consists of a compilation of Latin moral, grammatical and historical treatises in prose
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B259
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • azar; a marriage contract, concluded in Parma in 1420 between Judah, son of Elhanan of Ascoli Piceno, and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, Scroll: Italy, 18th century / Case: Venice or Rome, 17th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • ceremonial objects crafted of gold, such as this Esther scroll case, are exceptionally rare since synagogue and
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    Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut.88.28
    Collection
    Teca digitale - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
    Library
    Firenze. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
    Date
    1401-1500
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr, fl 813-861, astronomer; also known as Alfraganus
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1635
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, gre, arc, lad
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    • and stems in light and dark blue.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. hebr. 288
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    [S.l.] 15. Jh.
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/heb
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    • Arnold of Villanova (b. c. 1240, d. 1311), physician and reformer
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1394
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, 15th century, 5th century, 4th century, 4th century / 5th century / 10th century / 11th century / 9th-15th century
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic, German, Hebrew
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    • The volume contains, among many varied single pages and fragmentary texts, fragments from the Aeneid
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 1 B XI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc, heb
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    • Evangelium secundum Sanctum Mattheum (The Gospel of St Matthew) preceded by a prologue (ff. 5v-6v) and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K91
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 1695
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • David, son of Daniel Coelho Enriques (or Henriques) and Dona Rachel, daughter of Abraham Enriques Da
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Hébreu 1023
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe-XVIe siècle
    Language
    hébreu.
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    • Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr, fl 813-861, astronomer; also known as Alfraganus
    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K70
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1765
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This marriage contract between Abraham [Abramo], son of the late Jonathan Judah Finzi, and his bride
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S7
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, second half of the 18th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • ornamentation of the scroll: the whimsical imagery includes peasant figures in colorful local costume and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, K68
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1748
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • bridal couple mentioned in this marriage contract, Dona Sarah, daughter of Jacob Guttieres Pegna (Peña) and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 438
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1576–1600
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Incomplete, first part and beginning of the second part, shorter, with a different and shorter preface
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B124
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, [end of the 14th/first half of the 15th century]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • This manuscript by Jacob ben Asher (son of the rabbi and codifier Asher ben Jehiel) contains one of the
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, friedberg MSS 5-011
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    1459
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Includes comments in the body of the text added by the scribe and marginal notes in a later hand
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1821a
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, jrb
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    • Red and off-white thread on endbands. Sewn on two raised cords.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 69
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1300–1400
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Contains both Masorahs, with micrography and marginal glosses in Judaeo-Spanish and Judaeo-Arabic.