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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 218
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century, 1371
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Guillaume de Marchaut was one of the most important poets and composers of the middle ages in France.
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, DE 109
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    1702?
    Language
    French [fre]
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    • Also included are family and city emblems and the black flag of the filibusters.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French, Latin
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    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • This book of hours in the Parisian fashion is richly illuminated and was made for the diocese of Nantes
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 01124
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    Early 14th cent.
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Contains the laws, statutes and customs of Normandy, intermingled with some of the laws of Edward
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 129
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 12th century (middle?)
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Except for the prologue, the satires are written in hexameter; there are a modest number of verses (about
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    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
    Date
    16th century, second quarter of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • This book of hours with a tall, narrow format is a true pocket book, and the framing of the miniatures
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    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Ms. A 558
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Neuchâtel. Bibliothèque publique et universitaire
    Date
    [1750-1790]
    Language
    French
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    • The author is anonymous and there is no date.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 70/2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1457-1482
    Language
    French
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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • Between 1416 and 1422, Jean de Courcy wrote a chronicle titled La Bouquechardière, named after his fief
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 42
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat, fre
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Summary:Contains a liturgical calendar, in French (lacks January), Gospel sequences, hours of
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 101
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, second quarter of the 15th century / around 1490
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • A book of hours in Latin and French, written in the second quarter of the 15th century in Paris, but
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    Chavannes-près-Renens. Archives cantonales vaudoises, P Château de La Sarraz H 50
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Chavannes-près-Renens. Archives cantonales vaudoises
    Date
    15th century, 1421
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • This Book of Hours following the liturgical custom of Paris contains a large number of private prayers
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 57
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, ca. 1402
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • The Legenda aurea is one of the most copied texts in all of the medieval Occident.
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, DE 26
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    January, 1782
    Language
    French [fre]
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    • Notes: Autograph account, written by Destouches, of the (now called) Battle
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 181
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 3rd quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • At the behest of Jeanne de Laval, the wife of King René of Anjou, in 1465 a cleric from Angers produced
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 1/1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1400-1450, additional pages XVI-XVII
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • of the 13th century.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 70/1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1457-1482
    Language
    French
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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • Between 1416 and 1422, Jean de Courcy wrote a chronicle titled La Bouquechardière, named after his fief
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    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 4
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • The design concept of this manuscript, both the text and the execution, typify the Parisian 'Horae' tradition
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 96-2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century (1410-1430)
    Language
    French
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    • Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, Duke of La Vallière (1708-1780)
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This generously illuminated manuscript in two volumes was made at the beginning of the 15th century and
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 07012
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    1375?
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Text of the poem on leaves [2]-[128].The first gathering, with lines 1-953 wanting.
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 110
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1495-98
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • book of hours that was painted by the same artist.