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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 279
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    0800 - 0999
    Language
    lat
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    • Summary: CCCC MS 279 is a significant source for the study of the development and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. G. 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • The simple vine-stem borders are related to the style of Filippo Torelli, better known for his decoration
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.6.8
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1st quarter of the 15th century C.E.
    Language
    Latin
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    • An early example of a Book of Hours produced in Bruges for the
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    Durham. University Library, Cosin MS. V.i.4
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. University Library
    Date
    later 12th century, [third or fourth quarter 12th century]
    Language
    Latin
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    • 1391 and 1416, it left there in unrecorded circumstances until it was acquired for
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15g
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, first third of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • There it apparently served as a possible textual source for a planned edition of Isidore’s works.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 39
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1467
    Language
    Italian
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    • The Elegia, a prose work written by Boccaccio in his youth, praised for the subtlety of its psychological
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 42
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, about 1455-1460
    Language
    Alemannic
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    • The script and the typical characteristics of the layout with spaces for never-executed illustrations
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 84
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, first half of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • This book must have changed libraries for historical reasons.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms-10551
    Collection
    Gallica (Arsenal Library)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
    Date
    1704
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    • feuilletsChabert de Fauxbonne (L'abbé Jacques) • 1704, BastilleFayolle (De) • 1704, For-l'Évêque
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang, eng, xno, grc
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    • Decoration:See separate parts.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Domitian A II
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • [ff. i, 1v are blank].Decoration:See Cotton MS Domitian A II, ff. 2-7, 8-130 and 131-144.
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    Cambridge. Trinity Hall Library, MS 17
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Trinity Hall Library
    Date
    c.1395
    Language
    Latin and English
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    • They were proto-Protestants and were persecuted primarily for these views, rather than for translating
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 04239
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    1185-1200?
    Language
    Latin
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    • Passion Gospels for Holy Week include superscript letters in red (c, +, and a) to indicate the different
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Archives, MS Collect. Admin. 3
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Archives
    Date
    c.1390-c.1483
    Language
    Latin
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    • text-align: justify;'>This book contains a compilation of statutes, charters, orders, oaths etc. prepared for
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 156
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • He then arranged for the pupils of al-Rāzī to put the notes in order and make them available.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Marsh 98
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • This is a lengthy, comprehensive, and popular commentary on Ḥunayn’s Questions on Medicine for Beginners
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F I 21
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • The Pecia System is a method for the quick handwritten reproduction of an original: instead of copying
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F IV 43
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1429
    Language
    Latin
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    • Maria Magdalena “in den Steinen”, left this treatise to the sisters for their moral edification.
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 13
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, 1452
    Language
    Latin
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    • The lemmas are set off by rubricated initials; space was left for larger initials which, with few exceptions
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 831
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Among these are, for example, small pieces by Walahfried Strabo (Regulae metricae; a letter with the