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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 124
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, around 1500
    Language
    Latin
    • Bernard of Clairvaux
    • In the 15th century, the city of Tours and the Loire valley region were home to the court of the kings
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 170
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1485-1490
    Language
    French
    • Louis de Bruges, Lord of La Gruthuyse (1427-1492)
    • Louis XII, King of France (1462-1515)
    • In the 1240s, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen wrote a Latin treatise on falconry (De arte venandi cum avibus
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 92
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1460-1480
    Language
    Latin, German, French, Ancient Greek
    • Giles, of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges, ca. 1243-1316
    • This manuscript, copied in the years 1460-1480, contains De regimine principum by Aegidius Romanus, decorated
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 183
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, last quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    French
    • England and Netherlands
    • This text contains an adaptation of several narrative parts of the Bible in Old French.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 16
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    7th century, 8th century, 7th / 8th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Florus, of Lyons, d. 860
    • Maximus of Turin, Saint, 4th/5th cent.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 99
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century (cf. H. Aubert and A. Dufour) or around 1478-1480 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
    Language
    Latin
    • Mantua and Florence
    • At the request of his friend Othman Lillo Ferducci of Ancona, Gian Mario Filelfo composed the Amyris
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 147
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1500
    Language
    Latin
    • Bourges, workshop of Jean Colombe
    • This miniature book of hours (11.5 x 7 cm) for use in Rome was probably made in Bourges by the Master
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55 bis
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    18th century, 1720-1742
    Language
    Latin
    • listing the expenditures for the royal household of the French King Philip IV the Fair for the years
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 76
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1475-1500
    Language
    French
    • Illuminator: Master of Edward IV
    • Vasco de Lucena translated Quintus Curtius’ history of Alexander into French at the request of Isabella
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 38
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1480
    Language
    Latin
    • Millar, Eric George, 1887-1966, DLitt, Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum
    • Beatty, Alfred Chester, Unspecified, of Add MS 43460
    • d’or Le Bigot, who was active in the circle of the painter Jean Bourdichon.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 4
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    17th century, around 1641
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • This Megillat Esther consists of thirty round text medallions, surrounded by multicolored engraved decorations
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 18
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 15th or 16th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Gennadius, of Marseilles, 5th cent.
    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Bernard of Clairvaux
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 74
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    16th century, between 1512 and 1524 (most probably 1512-1513)
    Language
    French
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This early 16th century manuscript contains book II of the Illustrations de Gaule et singularitez de
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 190/1
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, ca. 1410
    Language
    French
    • Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo)
    • Master of Luçon
    • Paris (parts A and B)
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 189
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1470
    Language
    French
    • the end of the first quarter of the 13th century.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 190/2
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, about 1410
    Language
    French
    • Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo)
    • Master of Luçon
    • Paris (parts A and B)
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 35
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Bourges, workshop of Jean Colombe
    • This small, elegant, illuminated book of hours for the use of Rome was probably produced in the workshop
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 6
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    9th century, second quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Hugh of Saint-Cher (for postilla)
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 180
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    French
    • Christine de Pisan, a writer and poet of great renoun, was the author of numerous works and was personally
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 75
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, late 15th century
    Language
    French
    • At the request of Charles the Bold, in 1470 Vasco de Lucena translated Xenophon’s Cyropaedia from the