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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 99
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century (cf. H. Aubert and A. Dufour) or around 1478-1480 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
    Language
    Latin
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    • This long Latin poem was intended to thank Sultan Mehmet II for having freed Ferducci’s brother-in-law
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 163
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The manuscript was written and illuminated in Florence, perhaps for Braccio, a member of the Martelli
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 138
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1458
    Language
    Latin
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    • by an unnamed illuminator who decorated many of the manuscripts that Vespasiano da Bisticci prepared for
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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
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    • early 1400's and the figure in the initial recalls the figure in the initial of Lorenzo Monaco, who was for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 231
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • that the manuscript was bought from the Piccolomini Library at Siena, so that it may have been written for
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 5711
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe s. (vers 1474 ?)., XVIe s. (début).
    Language
    latin
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    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 130 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, 1472
    Language
    Latin
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    • Spaces provided for decorated initials.Binding: Post-medieval binding.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 160 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, 1478-1480
    Language
    Latin
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    • Florentine scholar Ficino had this copy specially made for Bembo, who stayed in Florence between 1478
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 850
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1440
    Language
    Latin
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    • Perhaps Parentucelli commissioned this manuscript in 1439–1443, when he resided in Florence for the Council
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 69
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1465
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • János Vitéz, the Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443–1490) developed a passion for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 310
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1465
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • János Vitéz, Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443–1490) developed a passion for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 183
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1554
    Language
    ita
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    • Dedicatory preface written by the author for Giulio de' Medici.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, 11079
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1485, 1486
    Language
    ita
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    • library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1892 from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1460-1470
    Language
    heb
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    • work by Mariano del Buono, made around 1465-1470.Folio 1a: Red and blue painted gilt-bordered fields for