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    London. British Library, Add MS 16414
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Contents: ff. 1r-v: Pseudo-Castor of Apt, Epistula ad Cassianum (Epistle to Cassian). ff. 2r-47r: John
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 265
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    13uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • strong>Notes:Written in two columns in a gothic script, probably in France, with decorated and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. D. 3
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, second half
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
    • Start of text: epistle to 'Lityl lowys my sone' on the use of the astrolabe.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4451
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    2. Viertel 9. Jahrhundert
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Mainz and St. Gall (?)
    • Version: This Gospel book from the Carolingian period is a product of the Mainz school of calligraphy and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 134 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France?, 12th/13th century, c. 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Date: According to Gumbert 2009.
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    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library, MS 197
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library
    Date
    970–999
    Language
    Latin, English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Contents: The Benedictine Rule, in Latin and in the Old English version of Æthelwold (ff. 1-105)
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    Sarnen. Benediktinerkollegium, Cod. membr. 10
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sarnen. Benediktinerkollegium
    Date
    12th century, around 1175
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript was probably created in Engelberg Abbey around 1175, as the type of writing and a note
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 657
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    German
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    • This is followed by the Zurich Chronicle from the beginnings to the start of the 15th century (pp. 47
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Liturg. 151
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Belongs to the large and important group of Neopolitan MSS. which used to be associated with the name
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 530
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1517/1531
    Language
    Latin, German, French, Italian
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    • Gall cathedral organist and calligrapher Fridolin Sicher (1490-1546).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. B. 171
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Brut Chronicle (start lost), to 1332, continued in another hand to 1377.
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Archives du Chapitre St. Nicolas/Kapitelsarchiv St. Niklaus, CSN III.3.2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg
    Date
    16th century, 1511-1517
    Language
    Latin
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    • and Fribourg (Switzerland)
    • This antiphonary with musical notation, whose text corresponds to the Lausanne Ordinary, contains the
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 76
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Binding: 19th century, full bound in tan leather (appears to be pigskin
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 1001
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1630–1650
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Tallis, William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Morley, John Bull, et al.) may have been partly copied and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Pococke 108
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1431
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Ibn Ezra, Abraham ben Meïr (attributed to)
    • Commentary on the Pentateuch and the Scrolls
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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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    • is considered among the most important textual witnesses for the fragment of the Sept sages de Rome and
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 3
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • This first part of the three-volume Engelberg Bible (together with Cod. 4 and Cod. 5) contains the Pentatuch
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 1540
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1547
    Language
    ita
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    • Acquisition: Donated to the The University of Manchester by Hélène
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Ital 61
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1445
    Language
    ita
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • :Concerns the tariffs of Venice, Florence, Milan, Bologna, Naples, Palermo, Barcelona and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 98
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, 1170-1180
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript, dated to the years 1170-1180, contains the text of the Alexandreis, a Latin epic poem