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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C I
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 329
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    13uu
    Language
    ita
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • strong>Book 3, in 284 chapters, of a work on Roman history, beginning with the first Punic War and
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA/4533
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    15th century, 1441
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Calendar listing annual donations to the Convent of Benedictine Nuns of Hermetschwil (Aargau), dated 1441 and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1442
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    17th century, 1611
    Language
    Latin
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    • In addition to abbots, monks and lay brothers from the monastery, the register also lists persons who
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, enm
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    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • England and Netherlands
    • contains four parts (ff. 1, 3-69, 70-106, 107-165) that were written separately between the late 11th and
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 6b
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, second third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Second part of a Bible (first part in Ms. 6a) which, as also Ms. 6a and 6c, was produced in Southwestern
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 740
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1426–1450
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • The text also incorporates (fols. 103v-106v) a copy of Geoffrey Chaucer's short acrostic poem, 'An ABC
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 154
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    11th century, 15th century, 11th century and 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • It contains some marginal glosses that originate in part in the commentary of Lactance, and is distinguished
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsarchiv (Abtei Pfäfers), Cod. Fab. 1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsarchiv (Abtei Pfäfers)
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, first quarter of the 9th century / 9th-14th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript was originally designed as an Evangelistary and richly adorned with initials, frames
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    Montpellier. Bibliothèques municipales, C 763
    Collection
    Mémonum (Montpellier 3M)
    Library
    Montpellier. Médiathèque centrale Emile Zola
    Date
    1476
    Language
    ita
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3095
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Harley MS 2688, ff. 17–22, which includes a diagram of the winds, hymns, sequences with neumes, a Greek and
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    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, IS 1841
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Lausanne. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • inventory was written in 1381 by Brother Giovanni Ioli, who saw to its reorganization between 1377 and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Mex. d. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    before 1521
    Language
    Mixtec
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    • Codex Bodley’ (also called 'Codex Ñuu Tnoo').
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6407
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    9. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Candidus Wizo, fl 793-802, also known as Candidus Witto
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A VII 3
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 9th century, 2-3/3
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
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    • In addition to Greek and Latin Psalms, written somewhere in continental Europe by Irish monks during
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 828
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 1402 and 1459
    Language
    Latin
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    • This volume contains the Manuale confessorumby the Dominican Monk Johannes Nider, born in Isny and later
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14379
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 800
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • :Englische Version: This manuscript of the homilies on the Gospels by Pope Gregory I (also
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 181
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • They are richly decorated with gold and cover two thirds of a page; a large number of initials adorned
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 3020
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Early fourteenth century. Original entries were compiled during the abbacy of William de Clapton (1305-1323) Clapton, William de, 1305-1323 .
    Language
    Latin
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    • Add. 3020 and 3021) is its sole surviving cartulary.
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    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, Y 102
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Frauenfeld. Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau
    Date
    17th century, between 1634 and 1638
    Language
    German
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    • Carthusian monastery of Ittingen from 1614), which is probably based on the Chronicle of Jakob Bucher, also