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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, Ms 350
    Collection
    e-codices
    Date
    15th century, around 1430
    Language
    French
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    • Othon de Grandson, knight and poet, distinguished himself both through his verses and through his heroic
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 181
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • They are richly decorated with gold and cover two thirds of a page; a large number of initials adorned
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. R 79
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    18th century, 1777-1778
    Language
    French
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    • Ink and pencil.
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 3021
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Early fourteenth century. Original entries were compiled during the abbacy of William de Clapton (1305-1323) Clapton, William de, 1305-1323
    Language
    Latin, Latin, English and French, Latin and Middle English
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    • Add. 3020 and 3021) is its sole surviving cartulary.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 149
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French, Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This translation is also based on Lelio Manfredi’s Italian translation, completed in 1513.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 354
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, middle of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • collection of Old French Fabliaux, a considerable number of which survive only in this manuscript; it also
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 503ab
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Small format prayer Book on highest quality parchment with Latin and several French prayers.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 306
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVIe siècle (entre 1563 et 1570).
    Language
    français
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
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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)
    • hours, addressed to a woman, contains an entry that can only be read in ultraviolet light (f. 27v) and
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    Bulle. Musée gruérien, 386
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bulle. Musée gruérien
    Date
    17th century, 4.10.1675-10.11.1688
    Language
    French
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    • The first 14 pages of this urbarium consist of various notes regarding oaths and contracts.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 40
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • Seller: Payne and Foss
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Jean Bodel, who was a member of the Brotherhood of Buskers and a bourgeois (middle-class resident) of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 464
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, second third of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • This volume contains in one binding the part-books for bass and descant voices for 17 motets and chansons
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 164
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    fre, lat
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    • Sir Gregory Page-Turner (b. 1748, d. 1805) 3rd Baronet, landowner and MP
    • Joseph and Mary adore the Child: also three small angels. The stable on left.
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Dd.5.5
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Second quarter of the fourteenth century C.E., probably c. 1330-1340
    Language
    Latin and French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • She also founded the Franciscan abbey of nuns at Denny, near Cambridge in 1342 and was buried there.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 28
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat, fre, spa
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • /sup>Quire 224Quire 234, 1 cancelledQuire 246, 5 and
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 298
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1500 - 1525
    Language
    lat, eng, fre, enm
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    • Edward I, 1239-1307, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
    • 1497 by Laurence Wade OSB.The second part contains a collection of documents relating to the history and
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 558
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    [1750-1790]
    Language
    French
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    • Neuchatel et de ses dépendances, an Abrégé de l’histoire de la Souveraineté de Neuchatel et Valengin and
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 113
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • the Garin le Loherain, Perceval, etc., which often comprise several thousand verses; the manuscript also
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    Saint-Imier. Mémoires d'Ici, FER 2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Saint-Imier. Mémoires d'Ici
    Date
    18th century
    Language
    French, German, Latin
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    • He thus gathers memories, correspondence, numerous documents and even lists which reveal the pastor’s
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 15
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    fre
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Summary:Translated into French prose by Jacques de Rozières and dedicated