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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 169(468)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 9th century, 10th century, 9th/10th centuries / 10th century / 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Hucbald of Saint Amand (d. 930)
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Bernold of Constance
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 58
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, first quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • John of Hildesheim OCarm
    • This manuscript contains the Historia trium regum by John of Hildesheim in a High Alemannic translation
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 10
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Copies of various Old Testament books: Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Wisdom, Sirach
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 52666
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    1782
    Language
    English [eng]
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    • Army, 17th Regiment of Foot
    • Notes: Orderly book of Robert Clayton's company of the 17th Regiment of Foot
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 13
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1786
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • In this magnificently illustrated manuscript of unusual content, the Italian architect and town planner
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 291
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Augustine of Hippo
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 54
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    15de eeuw; 1450
    Language
    Latin
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • Summary: This manuscript contains the postillae of Nicholas of Lyra on the four
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Gough Drawings Gaignières 8
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1700
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • These are part of 16 large volumes of drawings prepared for Roger de Gaignières, in the late 17th to
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 181
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, early 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland) (?)
    • The sermons Homiliae XVIII in Apocalypsin, falsely attributed to Augustine, in a manuscript that was
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 20.2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1514
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • One of the earliest French gold-tooled bindings. French (Paris), c.1514.
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    Karlsruhe. Badische Landesbibliothek, B 47
    Collection
    Badische Landesbibliothek Karlsruhe
    Library
    Karlsruhe. Badische Landesbibliothek
    Language
    eng
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    • Senex at the Globe against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet London 1725
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4804/1
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379
    • Gilbert of Poitiers, c 1075-1154, Bishop of Poitiers
    • Rufinus, of Aquileia, 345-410
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S II 72
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
    • An early textual witness of Peter Lombard’s († 1160) Sententiae, created perhaps even while the important
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 17
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • It contains the Book of Proverbs and the Book of Ecclesiastes with marginal and interlinear glosses.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • Beatus of Liébana, 750-798
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 114B
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1500 - 1599
    Language
    eng, gre, lat
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    • Sir William Butts the younger
    • Matthew Parker archbishop of Canterbury
    • College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge; and, after a forced period of seclusion during
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 120
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw; ca. 1151-ca. 1175
    Language
    Latin
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    • Vigilius of Thapsus, fl 484, Bishop of Thapsus
    • The attribution to Athanasius is most likely the result of him being one of the actors in the (fictional
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 32
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bernard of Clairvaux
    • The Cistercian Abbot Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) wrote between 1135 and 1153 the 86 sermons on the
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B283
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    16th century, 1553-1555
    Language
    Italian
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    • This collection of eleven documents in Italian concerning the condemnation and burning of the Talmud
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 284
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1399
    Language
    lat
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    • Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Summary: The main text in CCCC MS 284, dating to c. 1400-25, is the Prayers and Meditations