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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 144
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
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    • René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem (1409-1480)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • allegorical poem, composed in 1455, invites people to live a holy life by means of a dialogue between soul and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 3
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • At the beginning (p. 1) and at the end (p. 254), there are, in addition to occasional pen trials and
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    Paris. Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne, RXVI 1449 pièce 2
    Collection
    NuBIS (Sorbonne)
    Library
    Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de la Sorbonne
    Date
    1528, 16e s.
    Language
    lat
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Paris (parts A and B)
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 33
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Layout: Two columns of between 33 and 35 written lines.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canonici Or. 31
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1201–1300
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Also contains Zerahiah ben Isaac ben Shealtiel Gracian's Selaʻ ha-Maḥaloḳet, on the Sefer baʿale ha-nefesh
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 7 E VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • ) contains a martyrology with local addition for the Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 271
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Treatises on heraldry and the Order of the Garter.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 138
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1401–1500
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Early signs of use include some erased notes on the subject matter and the name 'Richard' (upside down
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1398
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    2. Hälfte 13. Jh. (I) ; um 1200
    Language
    lat
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    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 70
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3033
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Decoration:Large initials in brown ink, some with red and/or yellow or silver.
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 616
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    November 5, 1776-July 19, 1777
    Language
    English [eng]
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    • Notes: Orderly book of Johnson's command containing regimental and general
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 76
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1250
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Roger Bacon and others, Latin works on science and mathematics, assembled from several 13th-century booklets
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 251
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    lat
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    • Also recorded in this volume is a note on the round chapel at Bury St Edmunds which also appears in London
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    London. British Library, Add MS 24143
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Cum valde occulta sint divina judicia'; the end is damaged and the text partially erased, ending with
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Grec 1788
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    Copié en 1440 par le hiéromoine Gennade
    Language
    grec
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 316
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Polychronicon with continuations to 1388 and reference to event of 1394.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 157
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Breviary : manuscript, [between 1150 and 1200]
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1142
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Cistercian Nuns’ Cloister Günterstal near Freiburg im Breisgau, written by various hands, partly in Latin and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, between about 825 and 849
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian