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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3069 Vol. 2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    ca. 1454-1455
    Language
    lat
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    • Mainz and St. Gall (?)
    • Initial letters, chapter numbers and headlines in red and blue.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 9
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1440
    Language
    lat
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Summary:The ms. originally contained 8 books, but the end is lost and it
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4967
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Harley, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 1769
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, 15th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • . - Remnants: wooden boards with rounded edges; bookblock with old sewing structure and board attachment
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 272
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, beginning of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Also included in the manuscript are the Epitaphium Alcuini (carm. 123) and Alcuin’s Carmen 112 Dum sedeas
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3069 Vol. 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    ca. 1454-1455
    Language
    lat
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    • Mainz and St. Gall (?)
    • Initial letters, chapter numbers and headlines in red and blue.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 1763
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, 15th century, first half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Also contains an epitaph (Hylas Tuscus) - (ff. 104r-109v) Speeches / Aeschines, Demades and Demosthenes
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 61
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France ; Corbie region?, 8th/9th century, c. 800
    Language
    Latin
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Lat. 3861 and Paris, BnF, Lat. 6796; cf. Reeve 2007, p. 175.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1197
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • This codex contains over a hundred lives of the saints and acts of the martyrs, most of them accompanied
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2900
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • medical manual in Arabic, entitled Kitab Zad al-musafir wa-qut al-hadir (Provision for the Traveller and
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1559
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    15. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 263
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • The manuscript also contains several astrononical tracts, including the poems De duodecim mensibus (On
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 2145
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries, southern part ; Maaseik, 15th century, second half or 16th century, first quarter
    Language
    Latin, Dutch
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    • Maaseik and Susteren
    • Dutch translation: Hours of the Virgin (2r-46r), Antiphones and orations from Temporal and Sanctoral
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 1
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, northern part?, 12th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294Description (De Meyier 1973): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:108120Also
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15e
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th century; supplements until 10th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Mainz and St. Gall (?)
    • A composite manuscript from Fulda with texts primarily on the topic of repentance and asceticism.
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 04404
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    ca. 1200-1250
    Language
    Latin
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • England and Netherlands
    • Written in brown ink in a large and very regular hand.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 58
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 9th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter and Paul, male, Corbie
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - Text corrected by two or more hands (contemporary or a little later); also corrections and marginal
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 3284
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Parts 1, 8 and 9: German regions, 16th century - Parts 2 and 6: German regions, 16th century, 1519? - Parts 3 and 4: German regions, 15th century - Parts 5 and 7: German regions, 15th/16th century
    Language
    German, Latin, Hebrew, Yiddish
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • . - Also contains notes and added recipes in various (later) hands.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 43
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 13th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Content: With marginal and interlinear glossa ordinaria by Walahfridus Strabo and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 120
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, 11th or 11th-12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • It is preceded by a prologue by Jerome and is followed by short prayer by Gregory of Nazianzus, also