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    London. British Library, Add MS 18338
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • of De Ecclesiasticis Officiis (About the Church Offices) by Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636) and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 81
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France?, 12th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Three pen drawings: two circular diagrams (world map with climate zones and TO map, with Asia, Europe
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    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster, Cod. membr. 9
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Hermetschwil. Benediktinerinnenkloster
    Date
    16th century, first half of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • This manuscript has not survived intact: the beginning, the end, and several quires from the middle are
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 2135
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1774
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall monks, and richly illustrated by Father Notker Grögle (1740−1816).
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 192
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    952
    Language
    lat, cel, gre
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    • The colophon also tells us that 'Amadeus, deacon and monk, ordered this little book to be written'.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 895
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1555
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ger
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    • be called a sponsor and customer.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus. ms. 6
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1500-1524 (16.1q)
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Musikabteilung // Datum: 2016Englische Version: The choral book belongs to
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 69
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Origin unknown, 10th centuryGerman regions ; Switzerland ; 8th/9th centuryGerman regions ; Switzerland, 11th centuryOrigin unknown, 11th centuryGerman regions ; Switzerland ; 13th century, second half (1262?, 1277-)German regions?, 12th century, last quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Part 2 contains: (ff. 7v-13v) Abecedarii, and other poems. - (ff. 13v-17v) Hymni / Prudentius.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 54
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1470-1480
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Its rich and elegant illumination is due to the close circle of the most famous florentine miniaturist
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14271
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    I: 2. Hälfte 11. Jh. / II: Ende 11./Anfang 12. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • A full-page pen drawing, which depicts numerous gods and demons of the ancient world, is situated between
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 60
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1346
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bologna, Master of 1346 and l'Illustratore
    • It is a distinctive testimony to the masterly page layout of legal texts, where the main text is usually
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 3
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Another British Library manuscript that belongs to this group is Add MS 18043 (a Psalter).
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1394
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, 15th century, 5th century, 4th century, 4th century / 5th century / 10th century / 11th century / 9th-15th century
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic, German, Hebrew
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    • The volume contains, among many varied single pages and fragmentary texts, fragments from the Aeneid
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 257
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1180–1190
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Part of his third donation to the Bodleian, 1639.
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    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 9
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
    Date
    16th century, second quarter of the 16th century
    Language
    Middle Dutch
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    • This highly unusual textual object contains three pastiches of cut-out colored initials and twelve Flemish
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 68
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1432
    Language
    lat
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    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Summary: CCCC MS 68 is a compilation of texts, several relating to liturgical matters
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 100
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, northern part ; Florence?, 15th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Note: Origin and date: According to Gumbert 1996.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. Q 5.12
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [c. 1481]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Attributed to Hippocrates
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 345
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    before 1170
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Opening page of Tractatus magistri Hugonis in libro Ecclesiastis, with blue and red penwork initials.
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, DE 17
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    September 21, ca. 1783.
    Language
    French [fre]
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    • Unable to identify author due to damage to paper and loss of text.