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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 51
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains Cicero’s speeches, which were copied out in a humanistic script of the 15th
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 317
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • by Pope Gregory I (b. c 540, d. 604), followed by an excerpt from the Creed of the 11th Council of Toledo
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B274
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    13th century, 1288
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Moses ben Jacob, of Coucy
    • This is the earliest known manuscript of Moses of Coucy's classic legal code and also the earliest dated
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 20
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 890-897
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • England and Netherlands
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 868
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    c. 1613
    Language
    English
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    • Scores printed by Thomas Snodham, for Mathew Lownes, and John. Brown.
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Livre des bourgeois 2 / Bürgerbuch 2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 1416-1769
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • and Fribourg (Switzerland)
    • The state archives of Fribourg owns a whole series of registers of citizens(Bürgerbücher).
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 511
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Giles, of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges, ca. 1243-1316
    • The first contains the mean movement of the moon for periods of 28 years, starting at the beginning of
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 136
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of 14th - beginning of 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
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    • Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo)
    • Mantua and Florence
    • An exceptional testimony of the "Renaissance" that rediscovered Platonism, as opposed to the medieval
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. B.II.1
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    start of 12th century, [early 14th century], [late 14th century], [early 12th century]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2823
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, frm
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    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Contents: ff. 1r-2r: St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 420), Prefatio Epistule ad Damasum Papam (Preface of the
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    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library, MS 279B
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library
    Date
    1001–1099
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Bede the Venerable
    • England and Netherlands
    • Provenance: Owned by Achbishop Matthew Parker (1559-75); presumably bequeathed to the College by
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    Sion/Sitten. Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis, S 109
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sion/Sitten. Archives de l'Etat du Valais/Staatsarchiv Wallis
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of the 14th century - beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This manuscript of Six âges du monde, created in France at the end of the 14th century or at the very
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 1
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Remigius of Auxerre, 841-908
    • Summary: Manuscript 1 contains the full text of the Vulgate Bible, copied in the
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S 386
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1463-1466
    Language
    Alemannic, Romansch language, German
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    • Petrus Hispanus (b. c. 1220, d. c. 1277), philosopher and later Pope John XXI(?)
    • Bernard of Montpellier
    • TThis southern german manuscript is a collection of medical texts that include, in addition to the Artzneibuch
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 235.5, frame 7
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1684
    Language
    English
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    • Portolan chart of the Indian Ocean
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 48
    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
    • This Codex contains Jerome's exposition of the Gospels of Matthew (1v-103r) and Mark (103v-128v).
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A II 13
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1413-1415
    Language
    Latin
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • This manuscript is part of a multi-volume copy of the Bible commentary Postilla super totam Bibliam by
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 188
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1466
    Language
    lat
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    • Dunn, George, 1856-1912, of Woolley Hall Maidenhead
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Bari), with an interlinear gloss, and completed on 30 Jan. 1466 (colophon, f. 79v).
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, friedberg MSS 3-016
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    13--
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Eleazar ben Judah, of Worms
    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • Note: Manuscript on vellum in Ashkenazi script of the early 14th cent.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 93
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, second quarter
    Language
    Greek
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    • Christ in Heaven, Virgin and St.