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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Grec 509
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XIV siècle
    Language
    grec
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    • Symeon Metaphrastes and others
    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
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    Holkham Hall Library, Holkham MS 685
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Holkham Hall Library
    Date
    1660-1678
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    • England and Netherlands
    • William Heveningham's book of husbandry, maxims, and current affairs; English; 1660s-1670s.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 506
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1375 - 1399
    Language
    lat
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    • Summary: CCCC MS 506 was written in Prague between 1393 and some time after 1399.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 139
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (about 1460-1470?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The humanistic script is the work of a single scribe, with large golden initials and "bianchi girari"
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Pap. graec. mon. 128
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    4. Jahrhundert
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/grc
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    • leaf of papyrus, which bears on the recto a rough line-drawing, was clearly later split into pieces and
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    Zürich. Braginsky Collection, B327
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Braginsky Collection
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, [around 1800]
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Omer calendars were especially popular in the 18th century and were available in many different designs
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 7980
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XIIe-XIIIe s.
    Language
    latin
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1767
    Collection
    Europeana Regia
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Language
    latin
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    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    • Mantua and Florence
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 1767
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XV e s. (1488).
    Language
    latin
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    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    • Mantua and Florence
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 5902
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    936-937
    Language
    arabe
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    • Abū Ma'shar, c 787-c 886, astrologer, astronomer; also known as Albumasar
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Buchanan e. 13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, last quarter
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • Miniatures painted in style of the Master of the Echevinage de Rouen (also known as Master of the Geneva
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, LTK 345
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries ; Amsterdam?, 15th century, c. 1450
    Language
    Dutch
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:489936Description (BNM 452): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1906558Also
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. D. 3. 3
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Text page with blue and red initials decorated with penwork. Diagram in the bottom right corner.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1524
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Rose window and Romanesque lancet window.Composite manuscript.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Broxb. 85.1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Hat beside him on a chest and other musical instrument (luth?) propped against it.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 50
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • contains De senectute, De amicitia, the Paradoxa ad Brutum by Cicero, the Synonyma by Pseudo-Cicero, and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Gough Staffs. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1686
    Language
    English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • (chap.VIII, views 85 and 86).
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    Cambridge. St. John's College Library, MS S.54
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. St. John's College Library
    Date
    1470-1500
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    • England and Netherlands
    • A collection of carols; English and Latin; second half of fifteenth century.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, RSL: 18811e. 40/2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1795
    Language
    English
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    • Volume one is devoted to Part I, and Volume 2 to Part II, but Parts III and IV are not distinguished
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Filmstrip Roll 333.2, frame 5
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1614
    Language
    English
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    • Manor, near Andover, Hampshire, 1614: continuation of the map including Foxcott manor house, village and