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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 956
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    26 Março 1495
    Language
    Latin
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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, Vat.ebr.47
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    1413
    Language
    heb
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • 217v–218r - Diagramme des Kalendariums und des of the candelabrum and the Tabernackel Tischs
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 78
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1460-1465 (1460?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Gold initial C(VI DONO LEPIDUM) on blue and green ground with rose leaf-curl decorations form part border
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 94
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1450
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • the 3rd quarter of the 15th century, perhaps at Florence or Rome, in a script which blends humanistic and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 986
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1450
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Drawn in tempera and colored inks with gold leaf.Probably Lombard.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, 4° P 1 Th.BS.
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Italian binding of arabesque, knotwork, and small tools.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 300
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1450-1460
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • initial on coloured backgrounds with the rather exuberant vines drawn in ink, possibly by the scribe, and
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 690
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    13 Setembro 1483
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 12
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1442
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • strong>Summary:Walter Burley's Commentary on Boethius's Translation of Porphyry's Isagoge and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 41
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1425
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Written in an unidentified hand in a textualis rotunda script in 2 columns of 47 lines; 20 pen and
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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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    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, 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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    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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    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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    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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    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