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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canonici Or. 57
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1301–1375
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal. lat. 888
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    12.-15. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. O inf. 1.31(1)
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1499
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • manuscript inscription records that Christoph Scheurl purchased this book in the year of jubilee in Rome and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 989
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    14uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Notes:Probable identification of the text: the cutting is pasted onto a paper backing and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 983
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1400
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • :The versos show music on a large 4-line red staff with text in a gothic rotunda hand and
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 09700
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    aft. 1400
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Gothic liturgical script; with text and Gregorian chant notation.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, italien 594
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    Début du XVe siècle (1390-1430).
    Language
    italien
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 1335
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    1497, 25 Agosto 1498
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 211
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Script, parchment and initials, not Italian.
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S12
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    18th century, around 1775
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The text is set between alternating straight and spiral marble columns.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 97
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This 13th century manuscript is from Italy and contains the first four books of the work De fide orthodoxa
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 7418
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XIVe siècle (début)
    Language
    latin
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B327
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, [around 1800]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Omer calendars were especially popular in the 18th century and were available in many different designs
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 139
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (about 1460-1470?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The humanistic script is the work of a single scribe, with large golden initials and "bianchi girari"
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 984
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Notes:Drawn in tempera and colored inks with gold leaf.
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1112
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    Ende 13. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1114
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    1. Hälfte 14. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 50
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • contains De senectute, De amicitia, the Paradoxa ad Brutum by Cicero, the Synonyma by Pseudo-Cicero, and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Gr 17
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    149u
    Language
    grc
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Aristotle, De caelo, books I, II and part of III (1v-35v) -- 2.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 447
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Initial Q with author portrait and part border.