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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 52
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1199
    Language
    lat, eng
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • The manuscript also contains some passages from Augustine, De trinitate and Hilary, De trinitate in a
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    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais, S 56
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1472-1474
    Language
    Latin
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    • This volume, S 56, from the library of Walter Supersaxo (ca. 1402-1482), Bishop of Sion, and of his son
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 503ab
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Small format prayer Book on highest quality parchment with Latin and several French prayers.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 48984
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Hanmer, Job Walden, 1717-1783, 1st Baronet, lawyer and politician
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 12
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1000 - 1099
    Language
    ang, lat
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    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Alfred arranged for translations to be made of the texts "most necessary for men to know", and this work
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Sherard 245
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1787–1794
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • 966 watercolours of plants collected in 5 volumes (see also MSS. Sherard 241-244).
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 140
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de-13de eeuw; ca. 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The initials at the beginning of each books are drawn with pen in blue or black, and occasionally in
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 8 E IV
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Contents: This manuscript contains the Epistles of Ennodius (d. 521) from book 1 to 9 and some extracts
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 258
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, Old High German
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The first part (f. 1-47) comprises three commentaries on the Old and the New Testament; the second part
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 108
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, around 1410
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • hours, addressed to a woman, contains an entry that can only be read in ultraviolet light (f. 27v) and
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3314
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • (f. 7v) corresponding to 24 lines, the F on the ornamental page (f. 10v) corresponding to 22 lines, and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1762
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1757
    Language
    Latin
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    • Winter part of an antiphonary that was originally set up in two volumes and later, when it was bound,
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 175
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • The manuscript remains in its original binding and contains several corrections by the St. St.
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    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais, S 95
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Georg (ca. 1450-1529) is bound in a piece of parchment and is divided into several parts.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 475
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1125
    Language
    lat
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    • Zacharias of Besançon, d c 1156, also known as Zacharias Chrysopolitanus
    • Zacharias of Besançon OPrem, De concordia euangelistarum (Vnum ex quatuor), a Gospel-harmony which also
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 441
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    15de eeuw; tweede helft 15de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Adrianus But was a monk and chronicler at Ten Duinen Abbey, where the manuscript was kept.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 67
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians and the First Epistle to Timothy are missing (loss of a quire
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 67
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1199
    Language
    lat
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    • attributed to Remigius of Auxerre (d. 908), now correctly identified as the work of Gilbert de la Porrée - also
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Sherard 244
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1787–1794
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • 966 watercolours of plants collected in 5 volumes (see also MSS. Sherard 241-243, 245).