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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 678
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • 260-day calendarial cycle ('tonalpohualli') illustrated with appropriate rituals and offerings used in
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    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel, Cod. V1895
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Pharmazie-Historisches Museum der Universität Basel
    Date
    17th century, ca. 1612-1630
    Language
    Ancient Greek, French, Latin, Hebrew, German
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    • the pharmacist Emmanuel Ryhiner (1592-1635) from Basel provides insights into 17th century pharmacy and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce L 186
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Dutch
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    • A Dutch bookbinder's workshop, c. 1700 This detailed engraving of a bookbinder's shop placed above a
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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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    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. 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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    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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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 41.18
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1785
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • England and Netherlands
    • took out a patent in 1785 for the process of rendering vellum transparent by soaking it in pearl ash and
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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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    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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    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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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, O II 14
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript, disbound and surviving only in fragments, was used in 1543 by the printer Heinrich Petri
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 180
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, early
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • England and Netherlands
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B344
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, 1725
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • [Vienna, copied and decorated by Meshullam Zimmel of Polna]
    • Aaron Wolf Herlingen wrote and illustrated the title page, Meschullam Simmel ben Moses from Polná created
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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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    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
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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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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsMurF 84
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1498-1499
    Language
    Latin
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    • Petrus Hispanus (b. c. 1220, d. c. 1277), philosopher and later Pope John XXI(?)
    • Br. from 1494 and two parts in manuscript, which were copied in 1498 and 1499 by Brother Johannes Bengel
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, OUM: AL YZ/2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1702
    Language
    English
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    • A study of the natural history of the Earth and its minerals, and the effects of the universal deluge
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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.