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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1306-1309
    Language
    Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Over time, the wax turned black and hard, which makes it harder to read.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 76
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century, around the end of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Forty decorated initials adorn the text, and a large drawing of Christ on the cross with Mary and John
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 176
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    14th century, 1380-1389
    Language
    French
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Between the end of the 13th century and the first quarter of the 14th century, the anonymous author translated
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 180
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    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. lat. 367
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    16th century, beginning of the 16th century, after 1511
    Language
    Latin, French
    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • This is an early witness of the reception of this series of images in France and an example of the often
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 181
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 3rd quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • His anonymous work respects the original text and its division into four books.
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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
    • translated Xenophon’s Cyropaedia from the Latin translation by Poggio Bracciolini (Institutio Cyri, 1445) and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 2
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1330
    Language
    French
    • This Bible Historiale is the Bible translated toward the end of the 13th century into French and prose
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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
    • In this collection, which refer to the myths of Tristan and Arthur, Tristan is portrayed as the perfect
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 52
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript was part of the collection of Paul and Alexandre Petau before it became the property
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 37a
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    10th century, beginning of the 10th century (cf. A. von Euw)
    Language
    Latin
    • The script is Carolingian minuscule and the initials are decorated with gold, silver, and minium.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 168
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
    • This work contains two tracts: the Livre des deduis, a handbook on hunting, and the Songe de Pestilence
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French, Latin
    • This book of hours in the Parisian fashion is richly illuminated and was made for the diocese of Nantes
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 32a
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1450
    Language
    Latin
    • The calendar of this book of hours for use in Rome contains prayers to Saint Clarus (2 January) and for
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 29
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    14th century
    Language
    Latin
    • According to the calendar and the sanctoral, this missal was meant for the use of St.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 173
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    16th century, between 1565 and 1599
    Language
    Judeo-Italian, Hebrew
    • Ḥokhmat Nashim is part of a vernacular literary genre for women that was widely read in Ashkenazic and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 30b
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    15th century, around 1460
    Language
    Latin
    • The missal follows the liturgical practices of Cluny; the miniatures are the work of Janin Luysel and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 97
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    16th century, beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This manuscript dates from the beginning of the 16th century and contains two poems by Raoul Bollart,
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 37
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, seond half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Carefully written, decorated with colorful floral borders and fine miniatures and augmented with gold
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 169
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1485
    Language
    French
    • At the end of the 1480s Gaston Febus wrote a tract, in French and in prose, on hunting, known under the