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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 67
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, 1197-1223
    Language
    Latin
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    • mundi, a collection of curiosities by the grammarian Julius Solinus from late antiquity; the texts are also
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 179
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Written in southern France or Spain in a round southern gothic bookhand, with red and blue initials
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius E XVIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • St Swithun, also known as the Old Minster (see Ker, Medieval Libraries (1964), pp. 103, 200).
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 986
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1581–1588
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Complete set of five partbooks containing motets, anthems, consort music and consort songs, copied principally
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 985
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1581–1588
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Complete set of five partbooks containing motets, anthems, consort music and consort songs, copied principally
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 250(382)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript, together with Cod. 247(379), 248(380) and 249(381), constitutes the four volumes of
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. A.II.4
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    end of 11th century, [before 1096], [before 1130]
    Language
    Latin
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    • The second and only surviving volume of a large Atlantic Bible that was one of the group of books donated
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 509
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 15th century, second half of the 15th/ first half of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Gall, contains a cycle of prayers and meditations through the liturgical year, beginning with Advent
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Dodsworth 20
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Camden, William, 1551-1623, historian and herald
    • England and Netherlands
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4352
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    15. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • Ulrich and Afra]
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, GRO 63
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, 1466
    Language
    Latin
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • 188 leaves ; 225x164 mmContent: Contains tragedies by Seneca: (ff. 1r-10v and
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 984
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1581–1588
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Complete set of five partbooks containing motets, anthems, consort music and consort songs, copied principally
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 21
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    German regions ; Metz?, 11th centuryApennine Peninsula, 15th century, first half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Note: Part 1: Ten leaves missing between ff. 118 and 119, with consequent
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, D III 22
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1st quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • The origin and the author of the work are unknown.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 5
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    German regions, southern part ; Bodensee region, 8th/9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • . - Also contains: (ff. 1r-28v) in book II: Chronica / Jerome and Idatius. - (ff. 28v-38r) De cursu temporum
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 47
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, western part, 9th century, second third
    Language
    Latin
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    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Incomplete (mutilated at beginning and end). - (f. 1r-v) Maculature (flyleaf) from an older codex (11th
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1262
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1583
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Mostly in Latin but often also in German, the manuscript describes the worship practices of the Monastery
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1253
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1551−1571
    Language
    Latin
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    • initiated in 1551 under Prince-Abbot Diethelm Blarer (1530−1564; colored abbot’s coat of arms on p. 2) and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 920; MS. Bodl. 678; MS. Digby 13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century-14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • This volume is also listed in Whytefield’s 1389 catalogue of the library of Dover Priory, and shows evidence
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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 95
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 13th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - Also contains a prayer on f. 132v.