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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 4
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • The colophon on 213r identifies the copyist as Richene, whose hand is also responsible for the other
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    Mariastein. Benediktinerkloster, ehem. zbs S I 177
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Mariastein. Benediktinerkloster
    Date
    15th century, 15th century. (I: after midcentury; II: 1465/66)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Since 1470, several brothers there cared for the pilgrimage site Mariastein.
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 51
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • It is written in a single column and is undecorated except for the incipit page in elongated rustic capitals
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    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 5
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
    Date
    15th century, first half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The book of hours could have been intended for use in eastern France.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16964
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • The manuscript also contains one of the earliest extant copies of the office for the feast of St Thomas
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 9
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Below, in what is perhaps meant for an apse, sits Mark, turning head to the left, holding up a pen to
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 261
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Harley MS 261 may have been the exemplar for the copy of William of Malmesbury’s Gesta regum Anglorum
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15219
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • The manuscript is especially known for its detailed two-page drawing of St Martin of Tours.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, S. Seld. e.2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1479
    Language
    Latin
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    • For variants see BMC.Extent: Collation: a–x8 y6. Size: 208 × 143 × 42 mm.
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3089
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • This manuscript, written by a scribe who identifies himself as a cleric named Gaufridus, was written for
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A V
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    xno, lat
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    • The manuscript contains a few later additions:f. 118v: A list of readings for liturgical feasts (‘oblaciones
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 535
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • In the first tekst, red ink is used for initials, rubrics and paragraph marks.
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv, COD 1080
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Luzern. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    15th century, 1433
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • The volume permitted the council quick access to these texts; thus it served as a finding aid for the
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 98
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1459
    Language
    Latin
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    • The first part of a breviary intended for use by a Franciscan, perhaps a Poor Clare, was referred to
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    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais, RCap 14
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1431
    Language
    Latin
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    • Capuchin monastery of Sion contains the Manipulus curatorum, a handbook of moral and pastoral theology for
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    Solothurn. Domschatz der St.-Ursen-Kathedrale, Cod. U 1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Solothurn. Domschatz der St.-Ursen-Kathedrale
    Date
    10th century, before 983
    Language
    Latin
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    • It was made before 983 at Reichenau for the Benedictine Abbey of Hornbach (Palatinate).
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 100
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Accursius, an interlinear gloss and the gloss of the Gloss, which are works of explanation and instruction for
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 511
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • The first contains the mean movement of the moon for periods of 28 years, starting at the beginning of
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 87
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; 1225 - 1235
    Language
    Latin
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    • One could read the text as an historical account, or search for deeper meaning.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 104
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • Leighton for £16 4s; invoice dated on 18 June 1908.