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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
    • scenes stand out from the conventional iconographic program: instead of the penance of David, there is
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 89
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1400–1450
    Language
    Latin
    • The Polychronicon is a famous medieval book written by the Benedictine monk and chronicler Ranulf Higden
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 343c
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, middle of the 15th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
    • This two-volume, large format history Bible (“Historienbibel”) is illustrated throughout in an artistic
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AN II 4a
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, 1654-1764
    Language
    Latin
    • The rich book decoration in the first three volumes is particularly notable.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 17
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, first half of the 13th century
    Language
    French
    • The work in Latin prose, handed down anonymously, is considered a classic of medieval hagiography and
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 532
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; ca. 1201-ca. 1225
    Language
    Latin
    • Summary: Manuscript 532, probably dating from the first quarter of the thirteenth century, is
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    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsMurF 31a
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Aarau. Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, middle of the 13th century
    Language
    Alemannic, German
    • The Osterspiel von Muri (Easter Play of Muri) is the oldest known rhyming dramatic piece in German.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 102
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1320
    Language
    French
    • This manuscript is a hagiographic compilation in French prose which recounts the lives of the apostles
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Min. 8 is one of the oldest manuscripts of the Ministerial Library; the codex is attested in the library
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 139
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
    • Summary: Manuscript 139 is a composite manuscript of writings by two authors.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 191
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de-13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript is written in the early thirteenth century (or possibly somewhat earlier).
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, AF A1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    9th century, second half-end of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript lacks a beginning, has much-trimmed margins, and was written by a variety of hands, is
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby Or. 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • This is a large medical compendium written in 782 AH/1380 CE in Ephesus for ’Īsá ibn Muḥammad, the Sultan
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 270
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    14uu
    Language
    ger
    • The text is an unidentified poem on the passion, addressed to Mary.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 270
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    14uu
    Language
    ger
    • The text is an unidentified poem on the passion, addressed to Mary.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010 a
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    zwischen 1465 und 1470
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ger
    • magnificent manuscript adorned by the Regensburg Renaissance painter Berthold Furtmeyr (active 1460-1501) is
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, M 454
    Collection
    e-codices
    Date
    14th century, first half of the 14th century
    Language
    French
    • This copy, which is one of more than 300 that survive in full or in part, is heavily annotated and shows
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 15.10
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1550
    Language
    English
    • An example of the Victorian interest in reviving medieval aesthetics, the use of wooden boards here is
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 9
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, beginning of the 11th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This exemplar, most likely produced in 831, is arranged to display an image portraying each episode on
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 17
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 12th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
    • This copy of Augustine’s Enarrationes in psalmos 101-150 is written in two columns; several hands contributed