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    London. British Library, Harley MS 101
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856
    • This manuscript was produced at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin in Reading.
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 34
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, middle of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
    • The very worn and soiled pages 1r and 88v suggest that this single-column, mostly undecorated copy of
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AN IV 18
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Eratosthenes of Cyrene, c 276 BC-c 194 BC
    • This manuscript, produced in the first half of the 9th century in Fulda, contains two astronomical texts
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, OUM: AL: YZ/106
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1697
    Language
    English
    • A description of the theory of the earth, translated into English.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B247
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1670-1671
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • This manuscript contains an Evronot ("Rules for Calculation of the Calendar").
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A VII 3
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 9th century, 2-3/3
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
    • Fulgentius, Saint, Bishop of Ruspa, 468-533
    • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
    • Alcuin of York, c 735-804
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Fairfax 12
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • England and Netherlands
    • Written probably in the north of England.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 14
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 1178-1223
    Language
    Latin
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • This manuscript contains the 15 books of St. Augustine's On the Trinity.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. C17:48 (9)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1635
    Language
    English
    • Estate plan showing strip farming landscapeEach strip is identified by number, and much of this
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 352
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, first half
    Language
    Latin
    • Haimo, of Auxerre, -approximately 855
    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • Manuscript written by or for a monk Rudolphus and presented by him to some German abbey dedicated to
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 27(1195)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 8th century, 8th/9th century / 9th century (second third)
    Language
    Latin
    • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379
    • Ephraem the Syrian
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 214
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
    • Mantua and Florence
    • The manuscript is not dated, but the putti and naturalistic birds in the superb flower border on f.1
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    London. British Library, Add MS 18032
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Abbey of Stavelot (Belgium)
    • This volume was written in the first quarter of the 13th century and was supplemented by 15th-century
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3031
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Plunkett, Arthur James, Unspecified, 7th Earl of Fingall
    • This manuscript contains the Cartulary of Reading Abbey, including, among other miscellaneous items,
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 90
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Many scribes contributed to the copies of the works of Horace, Virgil, Persius and Statius that have
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    Cambridge. Trinity Hall Library, MS 1
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Trinity Hall Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Thomas, of Elmham, 1364-1440?
    • Partly based on Bede and William of Malmesbury, it defends the privileges of the Abbey in particular
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 111
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; ca. 1201-ca. 1225
    Language
    Latin
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • The manuscript itself was written in the first quarter of the thirteenth century, probably in Ten Duinen
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The text is set between alternating straight and spiral marble columns.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 167
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century AD
    Language
    Latin
    • Bologna, Master of 1346 and l'Illustratore
    • The dense, uniform pattern echoes Islamic bindings from Egypt and Syria of a century or so earlier.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B I 17
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1437; 1436
    Language
    Latin
    • Pablo de Santa Maria, Bishop of Burgos
    • Bishop Paul of Burgos, who converted from Judaism to Christianity at the end of the 14th century, composed