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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 5
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    lat
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    • John of Tynemouth
    • This manuscript of the Historia contains a history of the world from creation to the death of Vespasian
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 462
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    13 Fevereiro 1480
    Language
    Latin
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    • Pliny, the Elder
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. C.III.13
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
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    • Bernard, of Pavia
    • Martin of Troppau OP
    • Composite volume, containing: (A) Martin of Troppau, Alphabetum in Decretum et Decretales; (B) Bernardus
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, about 1577-1591
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This “libro di ricordanze” belonged to the Grand Duke of Tuscany; it is probably comprised of the notes
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. B f.58
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    between 1531 and 1542
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Title page with coat of arms (with cross and crescent) and bishop's crozier.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 673
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Important early textual witness of the Decretum Gratiani, probably even the earliest known version.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Special Collections, R35772
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1541
    Language
    ita
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    • Marchmont, Patrick Hume, Earl of, 1641-1724
    • and Exegesis in Renaissance Italy, c.1350-c.1650' funded by the AHRC and led by Professor Simon Gilson
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA/0429
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, begun around 1417, with additions until 1530
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Abbey of Königsfelden (Switzerland)
    • Copies of the privileges, regulations, registers of annual donations and documents from the 13th to the
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 170
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1485-1490
    Language
    French
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    • Louis de Bruges, Lord of La Gruthuyse (1427-1492)
    • Louis XII, King of France (1462-1515)
    • In the 1240s, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen wrote a Latin treatise on falconry (De arte venandi cum avibus
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 92
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1460-1480
    Language
    Latin, German, French, Ancient Greek
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    • Giles, of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges, ca. 1243-1316
    • This manuscript, copied in the years 1460-1480, contains De regimine principum by Aegidius Romanus, decorated
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 51
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1175 - 1199
    Language
    lat
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    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Sigebert of Gembloux, c 1030-1112
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, Msc. 41. fol.
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, March 7, 1460 – March 5, 1461
    Language
    Latin
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • Contains the commentaries of French Franciscan Nicholas of Lira (ca. 1270/1275-1349) on the Old Testament
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 82
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Usuard, d c 877, Monk of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
    • England and Netherlands
    • The martyrology was written in the 12th century at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin in Reading
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 88
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • This volume is a copy of Augustine's commentary on the Sermon on the Mount.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 183
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, last quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    French
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    • England and Netherlands
    • This text contains an adaptation of several narrative parts of the Bible in Old French.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Span. d. 2/1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1447
    Language
    Spanish
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    • Text with decorated border and initial.Copy made by the notary Nuño Dias, 10 Nov. 1447.
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    Bulle. Musée gruérien, 383
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bulle. Musée gruérien
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This small liturgical book was used in the Monastery of San Michele di Campagna near Verona during the
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 555
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, third quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Adomnán of Iona, d 704, Saint, Abbot of Iona
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Adamnan of Iona (Hy; ca. 624-704), Vita of Saint Columba († 597), with a faded pen drawing of the saint
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 94
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
    • A not particularly good quality copy of three letters by Ambrose, three chapters from the work De
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 804, pt. IV
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1345-1351
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Book of heraldry of the time of Edward III. 28 leaves, each 140 x 300 mm.