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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Douce BB 225
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The centre and cornerpiece style, of Islamic origin, was popular for a century.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 742
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, second half of the 13th and second half of the 14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The commentary in turn has been extensively edited and glossed at a later time.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 105 c
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • manuscript in four volumes brings together the prose texts Lancelot Propre, La Queste del saint Graal, and
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 14088
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    IXème -Xème siècles 
    Language
    latin
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1370-1380
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • It contains 18 jeux-partis (17 with the participation of Jehan Bretel) and a fragment of the Prise amoureuse
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 105 a
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • manuscript in four volumes brings together the prose texts Lancelot Propre, La Queste del saint Graal, and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. B f.53
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, first half
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • from 1504 to 1547, in his characteristic style, with overall tooling of miniature realistic flowers and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 105 d
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • manuscript in four volumes brings together the prose texts Lancelot Propre, La Queste del saint Graal, and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 105 b
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • manuscript in four volumes brings together the prose texts Lancelot Propre, La Queste del saint Graal, and
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1047
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    14. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.5
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The poem seems to have been preserved only in this copy and has not yet been published.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. 6Q 3.25
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1481
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Missale Parisiense ([Paris]: Jean Du Pre and Desiderius Huym, 22 Sept. 1481)On this binding is hand-written
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F IV 24
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Pierre d’Ailly (Latin: Petrus de Alliaco) was a scholar, church politician and productive writer.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 96-2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century (1410-1430)
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, 4° M 21 Jur.Seld.
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, middle
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The bows, quiver and crescent moon may be an allusion to Diane de Poitiers, the king's mistress.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 96-1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century (1410-1430)
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.10
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, end of the 14th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • were popular in France at the time: the French translation of the Consolatio Philosophiae by Boethius and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4070
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • [ff. i recto, i verso, 1r, 1v, 123v, 124r, 124v are blank].Decoration: Large and small initials in green
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 113
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • CB 113 is a copy of a manuscript from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and contains a collection
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 91
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century (cf. A. Dufour) or around 1460 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
    Language
    French, Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • It was copied in a careful hand, and the text was decorated with a large miniature showing an author