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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Book-covers 17
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    10th century-13th century
    • Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres
    • James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
    • Ivory plaques are German work of the tenth century.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 144
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
    • René I, Duke of Anjou (1409-1480)
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This manuscript contains the tract Le Mortifiement de Vaine Plaisance by King René of Anjou.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E V
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Contents: ff. 1v-2v: Notitia Regionum et Provinciarum ( Names of Regions and Provinces), beginning: '
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barlow 28
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 20 Nov. 1504
    Language
    Latin, English
    • England and Netherlands
    • Start of text. Initial with coat of arms of the King of England with dragon and dog as supporters.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 7
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Pliny, the Elder
    • Matthew of Vendôme
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 2135
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1774
    Language
    Latin
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • name of the scribe on p. 92), an alumnus of the Gymnasium (preparatory school) of Neu St.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, OUM: 70 c. 124
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1782
    Language
    English, French
    • White and Sons
    • A selection of unusual, and mainly previously unrecorded insects, giving details of size, shape, pattern
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 2030
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Pliny, the Elder
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • England and Netherlands
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 613
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1526
    Language
    Latin
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • contains assorted historiographic and hagiographic texts: a history of the abbots of St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 295
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th/10th century
    Language
    Latin, German, Alemannic, Old High German
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Manuscript of collected texts, includes two Bible glossaries, a Psalter glossary, and a directory explaining
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 62
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400–1410
    Language
    Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
    • Master of Luçon
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Decoration: Important miniatures, historiated and other borders, initials.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 19961
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Theodoretus, bishop of Cyrus
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 102
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1500 - 1599
    Language
    lat, eng
    • Cranmer, Thomas, 2 Jul 1489-21 Mar 1556, Archbishop of Canterbury
    • MS 102 is one of the compilations of tracts and letters Parker assembled from his collection.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1759
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, around 1770
    Language
    Latin
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Sang. 1760) for the Liturgy of the Hours of the monks of St. Gall, written around 1770 by the St.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 19
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    • James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
    • the illustrations in the closely-related manuscript of M. le Vicomte Blin de Bourdon in Delisle and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Book-covers 6
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    6th century
    • Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres
    • James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
    • larger]: Adoration of the Magi; The Virgin, beneath a small canopy supported on Spirally-fluted columns
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Huntington 264
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1137-1193
    • The Treatise on Armoury was written for Saladin (1169-1193 CE), the celebrated founder of the Ayyubid
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 03265
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    ca. 1460-1480
    Language
    Italy
    • Catholic Church Prayers and devotions Early works to 1800
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Italian translation attributed to Lorenzo Giustiniani, who is mentioned in the opening rubric.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 445
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1541
    Language
    German
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • for the preparation of the altars and ceremonies of the St.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 905
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, around 900
    Language
    Latin
    • Salomo III Ranschwag, d 919, Bishop of Constance and Abbot of St Gall
    • The Vocabularium of Salomon, a 1070-page long alphabetical encyclopedia from the Carolingian period,