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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 176
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1380-1389
    Language
    French
    • The Ovide moralisé is a poem consisting of 72,000 octosyllables.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 182
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, end of the 15th - beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    French
    • It is followed by the Danse aux aveugles (before 1465) by Pierre Michault.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 41
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, third quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Hugh of Amiens, archbishop of Rouen (1130-1164), is the author of the two theological treatises, Sur
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 70/1
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1457-1482
    Language
    French
    • The chronicle, which consists of 6 books, is a compilation of mythological, biblical and legendary stories
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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
    • It is richly decorated with historiated vignettes, attributable mainly to the "Maître de Luçon".
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. l.e. 209a
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    Latin, Occitan
    • part of the remaining Waldensian manuscripts, now dispersed across various European libraries, this is
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 34
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century (cf. F. Huot)
    Language
    French, Latin
    • This manuscript from the second half of the 15th century is a book of hours for use in the Abbey of St
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. heb. 12
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, end of the 13th - beginning of the 14th century
    Language
    Hebrew
    • The anonymous paraphrase found in the Bibliothèque de Genève’s Ms. heb.12 is part of the same series.
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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. l.e. 206
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Occitan
    • part of the remaining Waldensian manuscripts, now dispersed across various European libraries, this is
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 30
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • According to Huot, this is the oldest liturgical manuscript to have entered the collection of the Bibliothèque
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 357
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, 11th century, 11th and 12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • The latter is illustrated with 65 miniatures; this 11th century copy was probably written in southern
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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
    • , presents Alexander as conqueror, devoid of all legends transmitted through courtly literature; it is
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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
    • The Bibliothèque de Genève’s Ms. lat. 55 is an exceptional document because it consists of six wax tablets
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 80
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
    • The decoration of the manuscript from Geneva is by various hands; the principal one, attributed to the
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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
    • The text is divided into 35 books, of which only 9 are introduced by miniatures, most of them whole-page
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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
    • The outer leaf of each quire (quinio) is parchment, while the remaining leaves are papyrus.
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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
    • The Bibliothèque de Genève’s Ms. lat. 55 is an exceptional document because it consists of six wax tablets
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 97
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin
    • The way in which they follow the morality text is similar to the style of modern comics.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 32
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Each month in the calendar is preceded by a Latin verse in hexameter listing the two unlucky days of