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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 199
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 8th century, 8th century, 9th century and 9th-10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4597
    Collection
    Europeana Regia
    Library
    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    800 - 833
    Language
    latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1626
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XIIe siècle (milieu).
    Language
    latin
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 3835
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    [S.l.] Frankreich 13. Jh.
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 3839
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    [S.l.] Frankreich 13. Jh.
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 52
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript was part of the collection of Paul and Alexandre Petau before it became the property
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 729
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • King Alarich II.), the Lex Salica (book of Germanic law of Chlodwig, founder of the Frankish kingdom), and
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 1291
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XV siècle, vers 1445-1450.
    Language
    français
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    • Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours and Count of Marche (1433-1477)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Gough Drawings Gaignières 16
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1700
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • is a collection mainly of paintings of coats of arms, including scenes illustrating family mottoes and
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 124
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1359
    Language
    Middle High German, German, Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The oldest surviving collection of German sermons by the Strasbourg Dominican and mystic Johannes Tauler
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Gough Drawings Gaignières 8
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1700
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Most are done lightly in pencil, then overdrawn in ink, and coloured with watercolour.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 252
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Other parts of the Great Mirror are the Speculum Naturale and the Speculum Historiale.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Gough Drawings Gaignières 13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1700
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Most are done lightly in pencil, then overdrawn in ink, and coloured with watercolour.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Gough Drawings Gaignières 7
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1700
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Most are done lightly in pencil, then overdrawn in ink, and coloured with watercolour.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 948
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    14uu
    Language
    fre
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Notes:The French text is written in black and red littera bastarda.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 56
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de - 13de eeuw; Ff: 2v-100v: c. 1201-c. 1225; ff. 101r-126v: c. 1176-c. 1200; ff. 127r-189r: c. 1201-c. 1225 (cf. Janzen 2019)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Folios 1 and 2 are flyleaves.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 6523
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains the Gospel of Luke with interlinear and marginal Gloss.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. bib. f. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Two initials I and 'P(arabole)' with dragon-headed interlace decorationPart 1 now in Reed collection
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2652
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The volume was owned and annotated by the German humanist Nicholas of Cusa (b. 1401, d. 1464).
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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.