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    London. British Library, Harley MS 225
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, fro
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    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • England and Netherlands
    • ff. 3r–78r: Geoffrey of Monmouth, De Gestis Britonum ( Historia Regum Britanniae ) , including 15th-century
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 196
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The lack of outlines, except of the British islands and of the squiggle that represents the Red Sea and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 333.2, frame 3
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1614
    Language
    English
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    • [Estate map of Foxcotte Manor, near Andover, Hampshire, 1614: continuation with the list of Charlton
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    Paris. Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 1824
    Collection
    Arca
    Library
    Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève de Paris
    Date
    18e s.
    Language
    anglais
    Digitisation type
    intégral
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    • GLASS (John), Chararcter of the Arabs who inhabit that part of Afrika situated betwen Mount Atlas and
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque du Grand Séminaire, Ms. 27/26
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Grand Seminar
    Date
    14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Richard of St. Victor
    • . // This manuscript is part of the collections at the Archives of the Major Seminary Ten Duinen in Bruges
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 12
    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 commentary on the Psalms, written in a small, extremely fine script.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F VII 12
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1st half of the 15th century
    Language
    Old Frisian, Latin, German
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    • Bernard of Clairvaux
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This worn paper manuscript from the Carthusian Monastery of Basel contains several treatises (in part
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A X 122
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1496-1498
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic
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    • Carthusian Monastery of Basel
    • an address in German to the lay brothers), deacons and subdeacons, instructions for the office of the
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 299
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    13uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Summary:A fragment consisting of 20 leaves from the Sanctorale, bound out
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 100
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • work which attests to the 14th century’s interest in the history of Roman law.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 196
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1410
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • A copy of the Mordekhai HaKatan, the abridgement composed c.1376 by R.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 256
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • The manuscript dates from the thirteenth century and might have been written in the scriptoria of either
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce 223
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1486
    Language
    Latin
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    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
    • Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Mainz: Erhard Reuwich, 11 Feb. 1486)Map of the Holy Land.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. AA 91
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1467
    Language
    German
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    • William of Auvergne
    • The so-called "Berner Parzival" is the last dated manuscript of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s epic poem about
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsMurQ 7
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, second half of the 14th century and second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Southwestern region of German
    • This monastic breviary was written in the second half of the 14th century for a Benedictine monastery
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. f. 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Dead Christ lies on the Virgin's lap, man kneels before him. Two men stand by, one holds pot.
  • Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Anglais 169-174
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVIe-XIXe siècle
    Language
    anglais
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    • Willima Udall, The Historie of the life and death of Mary Stuart, queene of Scotland, illustré de portraits
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 286
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    0500 - 0599
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • John, the Apostle, Saint
    • Certainly the manuscript was in Canterbury by the end of the seventh century, and various additions were
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 7 F VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Paterius of Brescia, d 600, Bishop of Brescia
    • prologue (ff. 1r-v), beginning of the prologue: 'In nomine Sancte Trinitatis incipit liber testimoniorum
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 59
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German, Swabian
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • 59 brings together in one contemporaneous binding three manuscripts that were produced independently of