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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4978
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • It also includes excerpts from St Jerome's commentary on Ezekiel and St Ambrose (b. c. 339, d. 397)'s
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 216
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    13uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Notes:Written in France in a rounded gothic script and decorated with 1
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3055
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • contains De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars) by the Roman historian Suetonius (b.c. 69 , d. c. 122) and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 677
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Haito, (b. 763, d. 826), monk and bishop of Basel
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
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    Estavayer-le-Lac. Paroisse catholique Saint-Laurent, Volume III
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Estavayer-le-Lac. Paroisse catholique Saint-Laurent
    Date
    15th century, around 1489/1490
    Language
    Latin
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    • This is the third and last volume of an antiphonary in three volumes that was produced in duplicate for
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 583
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • codex contains the first five books of the Liber specialis gratiae by Mechthild von Hackeborn; books 6 and
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 74a
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 10th–11th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall copy dates from the early 11th century, with glosses and annotations added by, and – in the case
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 6c
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, second third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript contains the Additiones ad postillam Nicolai de Lyra by Paulus Burgensis, also called
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2666
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 189
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Jerome by Lupus de Olmedo and approved by Pope Martin V in 1428.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 51
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1175 - 1199
    Language
    lat
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    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Chronici canones, the Chronica Gallica ad annum CCCCLII with excerpts of Prosper's Epitoma Chronicon, and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 224
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    dated 1420
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Letters and treatises.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 633
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, first half of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • brittannicam hystoriam); excerpts from the Collectanea rerum memorabilium by Solinus (pp. 122-128), and
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    Oxford. Merton College, MS 249
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Merton College
    Date
    1175–1350
    Language
    Latin, French, Old (842-ca. 1400)
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Early 13th-century copy of Philippe de Thaon's Bestiary illustrated with line drawings, and 14 other
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 525
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, 13th/14th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Composite manuscript containing mainly theological texts and, as the largest part (pp. 61–212), the Vocabularius
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, D III 7
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, middle of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • It also contains the first two books from part 2 of Al-Gazali's libri metaphysicae et physicae, also
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 628
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    German, Latin, Bavarian
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    • Chronicle of Platterberg/Truchseß, completed in 1459 (pp. 3−796), which in the older literature is also
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 613
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    800
    Language
    lat
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    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • From the arms hang A and ω in gold. The lance and reed and sponge (gold) rest against it.
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2901
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)