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    Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut.82.4
    Collection
    Teca digitale - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
    Library
    Firenze. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
    Date
    1401-1500
    Language
    Latin
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 32
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This 15th century Book of Hours following the custom of Paris also contains a complete biblical Psalter
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    Florence. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut.20 sin.1
    Collection
    Teca digitale - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
    Library
    Firenze. Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
    Date
    1401-1500
    Language
    Latin
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 66
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1199 - 1300 - 1399
    Language
    lat
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • The Imago mundi and De sex alis cherubim contain four large framed coloured drawings and a map of the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, B 21.15 Linc.
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1524
    Language
    Latin
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    • Text: final pages showing part of stanza 3 and stanzas 4 to 6 of the hymn for Nocturn on the Feast of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 581
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript has a binding with large and striking metal bosses; following a 15th century list of
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    London. British Library, Add MS 4899
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Hoby, Edward, 1560-1617, politician and diplomat
    • England and Netherlands
    • selection of the Sermones (Sermons) by Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), abbot of Clairvaux and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. L 1.9
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1470
    Language
    Latin
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    • border, two centaurs charging towards each other brandishing clubs, one with two putti on his back and
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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
    • The manuscript also is sumptuously decorated with large miniatures that introduce the main parts of the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. N 1.8
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    '1497' [not before 13 Feb. 1498]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3027
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Pseudo-Eusebius of Emesa, Unspecified, also known as 'Eusebius Gallicanus'
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • This 12th-century English manuscript contains a collection of sermons, and theological writings by and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 734
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1523
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The border has 6 medallions, also cuttings, 4 depicting Adam and Eve and the other 2 emblematic including
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 15
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This Ritual contains a collection of benedictions and rites for the sacraments.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 24066
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • Edward I, 1239-1307, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
    • England and Netherlands
    • This English manuscript contains a number of legal texts from the 12th and the 14th centuries.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 360
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall Processional from about 1150, carried in processions, both within the cloister itself and also around
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 180
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first third of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall around the first third of the 9th century and remains in its original binding.
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 29329.1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    14th century, around 1312
    Language
    Latin
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    • Katharinenthal and Hochrhein
    • Katharinenthal, which was removed in the 19th century, and the miniatures from which were sold separately
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 402
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Miltiades, d 314, Saint, Pope, also known as 'Melchiades the African'
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 186
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 146
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    enm, lat, xno
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    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript with medical and botanical texts was largely written in the 13th century, but also include