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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 285(1106)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1472
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • The devotional book of Abbot Ulrich Rosch of St.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B285
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1796
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • The Hijman Binger Haggadah is a typical example of Hebrew manuscript decoration in Central and Northern
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F IV 13
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • This French manuscript from the third quarter of the 15th century contains two works from ancient times
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 199
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 8th century, 8th century, 9th century and 9th-10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory, Saint, Bishop of Tours, 538-594
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
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    London. British Library, Add MS 24144
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Abbey of Stavelot (Belgium)
    • This is a collection of fragments of a copy of the Historiae Adversus Paganos (History Against the Pagans
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    London. British Library, Add MS 36668
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • White, Henry, Unspecified, FSA; of Add MS 36668
    • (such as the lion in the bottom margin on f. 109r) suggest that it was well used by both novices and
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 24
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • This copy of a collection of authentic and spurious sermons by Augustine, written in a single-column
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 205(416)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4550
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    3. Viertel 12. Jahrhundert
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Honorius of Autun
    • and three miniatures on books two to four, that is, the full cycle of illuminations.
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    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek, Cod. S I 144
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Solothurn. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1460/1470
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • probably the Dominican Monastery of Basel
    • This manuscript was created in the third quarter of the 15th century, probably in the Upper Rhine area
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 79
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1499
    Language
    lat, enm
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    • Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141
    • the hands of three bishops who made additions to the text and illumination.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A III 26
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, Middle of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • German translation of the postil on the Psalms by Nicholas of Lyra (deceased 1349), probably created
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 55
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • an eighth- and ninth-century duke of Toulouse who was canonized in 1066.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B235
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1730
    Language
    Yiddish, Hebrew
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    • Pressburg, Judah Leib ben Meir of Glogau
    • The fast day Yom Kippur Katan has its origin in the holiday of Rosh Hodesh, which in biblical times marked
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 169
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1485
    Language
    French
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    • Louis de Bruges, Lord of La Gruthuyse (1427-1492)
    • Louis XII, King of France (1462-1515)
    • At the end of the 1480s Gaston Febus wrote a tract, in French and in prose, on hunting, known under the
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 183
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • Summary:Includes a portion of the usual contents: blessing of holy water
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, l.c.2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1667
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The purpose of this manuscript was to describe Christ Church’s landed estates in order to prove ownership
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1005
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paschasius Radbertus, c 785-c 865, Abbot of Corbie
    • During construction work in 1963, this commentary by Paschasius Radbertus on the Lamentations of Jeremiah
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 127
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de - 13de eeuw; ff 1r-49: 12de eeuw; ff. 50-80: 13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bernard of Clairvaux
    • Langton, Stephen, d 1228, Archbishop of Canterbury
    • time and place of copying.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Top. Bucks. b. 6
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1644
    Language
    English
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    • A True Mapp and Description of the Fortifications of Newport Pagnell, An. 1644