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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 46
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, 16th century (ca. 1513-1521)
    Language
    Latin
    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Mantua and Florence
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3107
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Michael Gullick), the manuscript was given by the bishop of Lucca to the Carmelite convent of San Pietro
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    London. British Library, Add MS 40007
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • , ecclesiastic and dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 323
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, arc, jrb
    • Remains of leather strips attached to boards for fastening. Modern repairs to the corners.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 82
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1st half 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • England and Netherlands
    • Grotesques and floral extensions grow out of the ascenders on the top line of some leaves, e.g. folios
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, HM 144
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    late 15th/early 16th century
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500) [enm]
    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • Plain 3- to 1-line red initials; paragraph marks, deletions and underlining in red.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 649
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • The manuscript was owned by and perhaps also produced at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary and St Benedict
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 122
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, beginning of the 14th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4967
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • 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, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho D VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Passionary or Legendary (featuring the lives of saints for liturgical reading in the period of February to
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 183
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    0800 - 0899
    Language
    lat, ang
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • It contains Bede's two Lives of St Cuthbert, the first in prose and the second metrical, and a mass and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2805
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Contents: ff. 1r-237v: Bible , containing most of the Old Testament (Genesis to Psalm 142), including
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 276
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    800–850
    Language
    Latin
    • described by Bischoff (2004) as characteristic of the earlier Lorsch style, except for fols. 40r-41r and
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 559
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    lat, frm
    • , collected in the later fifteenth century by Pierre Assailly, an official of the Châtelet in Paris and
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 36
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • This may explain how the scribe who copied this manuscript gained access to the Vita Sancti Edwardi Regis
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, S. Seld. d.11
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    [c. 1489-after 15 June 1490]
    Language
    Latin, English
    • The Art and craft to know well to die. Directorium sacerdotum ad usum Sarum.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2674
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc, ang
    • 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, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 70
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; ff. 1r-191: ca. 1230 - 1250; ff. 192-281: 13de-14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
    • Summary: Manuscript 70 is divided in three parts and contains glosses on the Gospels
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    London. British Library, Add MS 24193
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Two flyleaves originally belonging to this volume were removed after the 12th century and are now Columbia
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3069 Vol. 1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    ca. 1454-1455
    Language
    lat
    • Mainz and St. Gall (?)
    • and penwork infill; initial B for Psalms appears to have been painted over earlier penwork; red and