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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. B. 191
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Decorated initial 'I(n)' with ivy and acanthus. Smaller plain initial and coloured paraph marks.
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 61
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, around 1300
    Language
    Latin
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 138
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1399
    Language
    lat
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    • John of Rupescissa (b. c. 1300, d. c. 1365), Franciscan monk and alchemist
    • historical material including extracts from Bede, the chronicles of Matthew Paris OSB (c. 1200-59) and
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 1404
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    31 Outubro 1492
    Language
    Latin
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    • Alfonso X, King of Castile and León 1221-1284
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 484
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1299
    Language
    lat
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    • strong>Summary: CCCC MS 484 is a small thirteenth-century Latin portable Bible, made in England and
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.25.3
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1540-1574 C.E.
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Contains a sixteenth-century copy of the Historia novella (Contemporary history) by the monk and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 138
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • persii vulterani vel arentini secundum aliquos Satyrarum liber incipit : manuscript, [between 1475 and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Savile 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Circular diagram with 'Homo' at centre, four radial spokes and four curved shapes at cardinal points.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 49
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Includes a small number of Latin and Old High German glosses; on the last page are pen tests.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 402
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1299
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • There is much controversy as to when, where and by whom it was written, but possibly it was by a Dominican
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2928
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, pro
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    • ff. 99r-109v: Litanies and prayers, preceded by a table of contents citing the saints and themes related
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 21
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • from the Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Kings (only a fragment), Esdras, Tobit, Judith, Esther, and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 102
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Mid 15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Brut Chronicle, beginning imperfectly with 'and our' soueraiegne' and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1334
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Iosephi de Bello Iudaico et Excidio Urbis Hierosolymitanae (The History of Josephus on the Jewish wars and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. f. 22
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • between Tournai and The Hague
    • Fleuronnée initial 'B(eatus)' with green wash and penwork flourishing extending into the margin.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. poet. a. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1381–1400
    Language
    Latin, Anglo-Norman, English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Contents: South English Legendary and related texts (ff. 1r-104v).
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 1499
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    9 Setembro 1490
    Language
    Latin
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    • Petrus Hispanus (b. c. 1220, d. c. 1277), philosopher and later Pope John XXI(?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 614
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 9th-12th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Additional longer texts, written down between the 9th and 13th centuries contain sermons by the early
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 7329
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe siècle.
    Language
    latin
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    • Sahl ibn Bishr, 787-886, also known as Zahel
    • Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, 740-815, also known as Messahala
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 23
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    11th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Worcester (Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom)