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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv, PA 261
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Luzern. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    German
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    • The exact origin of this manuscript is unknown; the script and the language suggest that it was created
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. poet. 125
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1590
    Language
    English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • A selection of the engraved illustrations, mostly coloured, from early printed editions (both English
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Anglais 25
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe siècle
    Language
    anglais
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    • « In Godes name here bygynnep pe inventarie or gadryng to gedre of medecyne in the partye of cyrurgie
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. th. e. 7
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1460-1468
    Language
    Latin
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    • English stamping (original boards replaced): the centre of each side is a vertical row of square stamps
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    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek, Cod.N.175
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Luzern. Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1516/1517
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • Elisabeth, of Schönau, Saint, 1129-1164
    • The first part of this manuscript contains works by and about the mystic Elisabeth von Schönau (d. 1164
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 979
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1575–1581
    Language
    Latin
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    • Five partbooks from a set originally of six (the Tenor partbook is missing), copied and formerly owned
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 983
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1575–1581
    Language
    Latin
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    • Five partbooks from a set originally of six (the Tenor partbook is missing), copied and formerly owned
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 134
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 10th century, 13th century, 10th century and 13th century and 11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • In front, an incomplete copy of the works Cathemerinon (up to Book X) and Peristephanon (Books I and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, BOD: G.A. Cornw. c. 14
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1758
    Language
    English
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    • A description of the natural history of Cornwall, with plates of illustrations, including views of great
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Ms. L 309
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd third of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin
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    • Southwestern region of German
    • This manuscript contains a collection of computistic and astronomical texts, as well as medical recipes
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    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 13
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
    Date
    16th century, around 1530-1540
    Language
    German
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    • Paper manuscript setting forth moral and social wrongdoings by means of illustrations of stories from
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 16II
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1299
    Language
    lat, frm
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    • the persons and incidents in their lives, and also signifying their deaths, set beside the text passages
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 507
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1375 - 1399
    Language
    lat, ger
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    • Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153
    • The main part of the book contains the Sermones quadragesimales by Iacobus de Voragine OP (d. 1298),
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 826
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    1777, April 5-18.
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    • The rest of the manuscript (ff. 7-13 v.) consists of a collection of medical recipes and formulas entitled
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 683
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • England and Netherlands
    • Bodl. 253 which is part of the same manuscript.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 365
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, beginning of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The lectionary follows the pericope practice of the city of Rome and contains all the readings for the
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2895
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • each of the 150 psalms with a miniature instead of a select number of psalms at the Psalter's divisions
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. A.III.24
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    end of 12th century, added 12th/13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Hildebert of Lavardin, c 1056-1133/4, Bishop of Le Mans, Archbishop of Tours
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Glossed copy of the twelve minor prophets from the Old Testament, written in Northern France at the end
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 17
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1199
    Language
    lat
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    • John Chrysostom, c 347-407, Saint, Archbishop of Constantinople
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Summary: CCCC MS 17 is a twelfth-century volume of texts by Augustine of Hippo, and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 1341
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1559
    Language
    ita
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    • and Exegesis in Renaissance Italy, c.1350-c.1650' funded by the AHRC and led by Professor Simon Gilson