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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 89
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • The old skin coverings of the sides, with five plain metal bosses on each, have been preserved and relaid
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 181
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1476
    Language
    lat, ita
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Written probably in central Italy for Franciscan use in a southern gothic bookhand by three scribes, and
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 71410
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    14th century, around 1312
    Language
    Latin
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    • Katharinenthal and Hochrhein
    • This initial consisted of several medallions and decorated page f. 87a of the gradual of St.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 205
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    11uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • >Notes:Written in a minuscule script in black ink in one column, with rubrics and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 178
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • With one historiated initial of Boethius and Philosophy conversing in jail, andh an acanthus border
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 49
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • It contains simple red initials, and rarely small, polychromatic initials decorated with bulb motifs
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    Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut.34.10
    Collection
    Teca digitale - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
    Library
    Firenze. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
    Date
    1201-1210
    Language
    Latin
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, BOD: Auct. K 1.17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1477
    Language
    Latin
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    • The Bologna edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, 1462[1477]: Portugal, Spain and the Balearics
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4452
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    circa 1007-1012
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • illumination, was commissioned by Henry II (973-1024) for Bamberg Cathedral, which he founded in 1007 and
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 55087
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    13th century, around 1312
    Language
    Latin
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    • Katharinenthal and Hochrhein
    • This initial consisted of several medallions and decorated page f. 87a of the gradual of St.
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    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library, MS 157
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library
    Date
    1128–1140
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Genealogies of the kings of the Franks/France and dukes of Normandy/kings of England (p. 4).
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 406
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw; ca. 1150
    Language
    Latin
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    • is a biography on the life of Pope Gregory I (c. 540-604), written as a conversation between master and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 18
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 15th or 16th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Isidore of Seville, Jerome, Eusebius of Caesarea as translated by Rufinus of Aquileia, Paulus Orosius and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 289
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1465-1475
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • White vine-stem interlace border enclosing the text on three sides and continuing into initial O(mnis
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    Oxford. Merton College, MS 248
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Merton College
    Date
    1175–1350
    Language
    Latin, French, Old (ca. 842-1400), English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Parts II and III are fragments of originally separate books.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 502
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    14de eeuw; achterste dekblad 12de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • The author, Burley (c. 1275-1344), was an English cleric and logician.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 110
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    dated 1504
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • A collection of biblical and patristic texts copied in humanistic script by Peter Meghen for Christopher
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 45751
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    14th century, around 1312
    Language
    Latin
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    • Katharinenthal and Hochrhein
    • This initial consisted of several medallions and decorated page f. 87a of the gradual of St.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 288
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 1461
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    1494?]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Italy and France (illumination)