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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 751
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Attributed to Hippocrates
    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 15
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • According to the dedicatory poem on 1r the manuscript was produced under Abbot Frowin (1143-1178) of
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 231
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1125
    Language
    lat
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    • It seems to have been used by Richard Bentley for his edition of Terence's works and has been often referred
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 104
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    British Isles ; England?, 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Content: Excerpts of Books IX-X and Book I, 32-47, extensively glossed.
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    Orselina. Convento della Madonna del Sasso, Codice IV
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Orselina. Convento della Madonna del Sasso
    Date
    14th century, 14th century (first decade)
    Language
    Latin
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    • This Antiphonary contains songs for saints’ days, the Office of the Dead, and an Office for Anthony of
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 172
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, mid to late 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This volume, which was produced in Italy in the mid to late 15th century, is a collection of letters,
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 746
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, second half of the 13th century – first half of the 14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript, decorated with fleuronné initials and occasional pen drawings, was written in Italy
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 429
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Summary:Complete liturgical calendar with obits of abbots and other notables
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 108
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, around 1410
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • This book of hours, addressed to a woman, contains an entry that can only be read in ultraviolet light
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. chart. 210
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century, 1493, 1475, 1490 (?)
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
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    • This collection of prayers and treatises was written by Rudolf Schilling and is dated to 1493.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 18338
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • of De Ecclesiasticis Officiis (About the Church Offices) by Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636) and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 81
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France?, 12th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Three pen drawings: two circular diagrams (world map with climate zones and TO map, with Asia, Europe
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 9
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, first half of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • This manuscript has not survived intact: the beginning, the end, and several quires from the middle are
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 2135
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1774
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall monks, and richly illustrated by Father Notker Grögle (1740−1816).
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 192
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    952
    Language
    lat, cel, gre
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    • The colophon also tells us that 'Amadeus, deacon and monk, ordered this little book to be written'.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus. ms. 6
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1500-1524 (16.1q)
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musikabteilung // Datum: 2016Englische Version: The choral book belongs to
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 69
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Origin unknown, 10th centuryGerman regions ; Switzerland ; 8th/9th centuryGerman regions ; Switzerland, 11th centuryOrigin unknown, 11th centuryGerman regions ; Switzerland ; 13th century, second half (1262?, 1277-)German regions?, 12th century, last quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Part 2 contains: (ff. 7v-13v) Abecedarii, and other poems. - (ff. 13v-17v) Hymni / Prudentius.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 54
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1470-1480
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Its rich and elegant illumination is due to the close circle of the most famous florentine miniaturist
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14271
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    I: 2. Hälfte 11. Jh. / II: Ende 11./Anfang 12. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • A full-page pen drawing, which depicts numerous gods and demons of the ancient world, is situated between
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 60
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1346
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bologna, Master of 1346 and l'Illustratore
    • It is a distinctive testimony to the masterly page layout of legal texts, where the main text is usually