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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 39
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1325
    Language
    lat
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    • Vincent, of Beauvais, d. 1264
    • Summary: CCCC MS 39 is an early fourteenth-century copy of the Speculum naturale,
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 392
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland) (?)
    • The manuscript contains principally the chants for the liturgy of the Hours (response and antiphones)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 652
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Goscelin of Saint-Bertin
    • Alan of Farfa, d 769, Abbot of Farfa
    • a homiliary with 119 sermons for the period between Holy Saturday and the fourth Sunday after Epiphany
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 318
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    10uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Rubrics are in ornamental capital letters in red and green.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 48
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de - 14de eeuw; ff. 1r-88v: ca. 1145-1155; ff. 89r-127v: 14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gilbert of Poitiers, c 1075-1154, Bishop of Poitiers
    • Martin of Troppau OP
    • second part of Gilbertus Pictaviensis in Psalterium; and (ff. 89r-127v) the Chronicon Pontificum et
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 35
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    15de eeuw; 1484
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • The manuscript contains some illumination: red and blue embellished initials at the beginning of each
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 91
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1468
    Language
    Bavarian, German
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    • Carthusian monastery of Allerengelberg (Italy) (?)
    • South Tyrol (Carthusian monastery of Allerengelberg?)
    • This manuscript from the southern Tyrol was produced by two scribes in the year 1468 and bound as one
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. graec. 314
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    12. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/grc
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Library announced the spectacular discovery of 29 sermons on the psalms by Origen, or Origenes, of Alexandria
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg, Archives du Chapitre St. Nicolas/Kapitelsarchiv St. Niklaus, CSN III.3.7
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Archives de l'État de Fribourg/Staatsarchiv Freiburg
    Date
    16th century, (1510-1517)
    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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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 195
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1475
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung, Le Roman de la Rose, in a manuscript made for Louise of Savoy,
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. icon. 133
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1502 - 1506
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ita, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/por, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • first maritime charts were produced at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries.
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 172(1128)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 3rd third of the 9th century / 8th/9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Remigius of Auxerre, 841-908
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 203
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    lat
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • His biblical commentaries, which also included the Old Testament, were very popular in the later centuries
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 28
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; ca. 1201-ca. 1225
    Language
    Latin
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    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • Langton, Stephen, d 1228, Archbishop of Canterbury
    • Firstly they share the same major texts: three commentaries on books of the Bible, written by Stephen
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    Paris. École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Mn.Mas 164
    Collection
    ENSBA - Bibliothèque numérique des Beaux-Arts de Paris
    Library
    Paris. École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
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    • Pliny, the Elder
    • Italy and France, Brescia (and Lyon?)
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 15
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • This codex contains Augustine's exposition on the Gospel of John.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 145
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1301–1400
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript contains one of the best witnesses for the early versions of the translation of the Wycliffite
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2795
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • Sanctum Mattheum (The Gospel of St Matthew), including lections in the margins. ff. 75r-78r: Prefatio
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ii.6.32
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    850-1000 C.E.
    Language
    Latin, with additions in Gaelic (or Middle Irish)
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    • David I, King of Scotland, ca. 1082-1153
    • Gale, Thomas, Unspecified, DD; Dean of York 1697
    • George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. icon. 189
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1547 - 1550
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ita
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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • rediscovery in 1414 of the manuscript of De architectura libri decem (The ten books on architecture)