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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 710; MS. Laud Misc. 711
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1563
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Upper cover and lower cover. Gold stamp leather on boards.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 247
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • decoration flowing from the horns of a stag whichcurves itself around the back of the intial, on green, red and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 287
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Averroes with a book in his hand, wearing red gown and hat over a coif, standing in a niche with a pointed
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, about 1577-1591
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • “libro di ricordanze” belonged to the Grand Duke of Tuscany; it is probably comprised of the notes (and
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 16375
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XIIIe siècle (milieu ou troisième quart).
    Language
    latin
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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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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. 1R 5.13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1495-1497
    Language
    Latin, Greek
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Manutius, Romanus, [the Greek text after Sept. 1495, before Nov. 1495; the Latin text 1497])The Greek and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 188
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1466
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Bari), with an interlinear gloss, and completed on 30 Jan. 1466 (colophon, f. 79v).
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 1007
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Notes:The historiated initial is drawn in tempera, black ink, and gold leaf
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 57
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 1378
    Language
    Italian, Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Copied in 1378 by Francesco di maestro Tura of Cesena, who included both a date and a signature at the
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 1137
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    14 Julho 1500
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • And. Jesus» ; «DA LIVRARIA DE S. FR.co. DE XABREGAS» (carimbo)
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 223
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1174
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Each saint's day begins with a larger initial in red and blue.
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.955
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    c.1320, um 1320
    Language
    lat
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    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Or. 96
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1410
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The first and the last three leaves contain a list of different objects sold to various persons.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 58
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The rounded Gothic script is the product of several different hands and the principal incipits are set
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Byw. adds. 2/1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1478
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Jenson, 2 Jan. 1478)The ‘Lives of Famous Men’, by Plutarch (c. 46-120), were written in Greek, and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 283
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1450
    Language
    lat
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Bulle. Musée gruérien, 383
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bulle. Musée gruérien
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The work contains the rite of the profession of faith and of the consecration practiced on the occasion
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 18(576)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th/9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Commentary on the first 70 Psalms by Adelpertus and, at the end, a selection of proverbs by church fathers
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B259
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • azar; a marriage contract, concluded in Parma in 1420 between Judah, son of Elhanan of Ascoli Piceno, and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, S8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, Scroll: Italy, 18th century / Case: Venice or Rome, 17th century
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • ceremonial objects crafted of gold, such as this Esther scroll case, are exceptionally rare since synagogue and