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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 124b
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1595
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    • Part of a group of four MSS containing Midrash ha-Gadol; see also MS. Opp. Add. 4° 124a, MS. Opp.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1262
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1583
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Mostly in Latin but often also in German, the manuscript describes the worship practices of the Monastery
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 610
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Irish
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    • A 15th-century miscellany of prose and verse texts in Irish and Latin, assembled mostly in 1453 and 1454
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1253
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1551−1571
    Language
    Latin
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    • initiated in 1551 under Prince-Abbot Diethelm Blarer (1530−1564; colored abbot’s coat of arms on p. 2) and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 550
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    17th century, 1623/24
    Language
    Persian
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    • This manuscript, written in Persian, contains the story of Prince Seyf ol-Molûk and Princess Badî`ol-Jamâl
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, LTK 266
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries ; Amsterdam?, 15th century, second half
    Language
    Dutch
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    • Amsterdam, copied and decorated by Hijman Binger
    • Francis, with stigmata and holding a crucifix, next to him the lamb and globe.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 920; MS. Bodl. 678; MS. Digby 13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century-14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • This volume is also listed in Whytefield’s 1389 catalogue of the library of Dover Priory, and shows evidence
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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 95
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 13th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - Also contains a prayer on f. 132v.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 91
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1540
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Written before the winter of 1541 by Marguerite, Queen of Navarre and sister to Francis 1st of France
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, SCA 1
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France ; Paris, 14th/15th centuries, c. 1400
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Once formed the last part of a manuscript containing Alchandreus, De astrologia and
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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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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 510
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, second half of the 15th/ first half of the 16th century
    Language
    German
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    • Gall, later Wil; it contains a cycle of prayers and meditations through the liturgical year, beginning
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 40
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • Seller: Payne and Foss
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Jean Bodel, who was a member of the Brotherhood of Buskers and a bourgeois (middle-class resident) of
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, 61667
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    1477
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • First words of text, [A]3r: Whanne they were wonne and in the grete see ....
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 654
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • It also includes the apocryphal Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam (Seneca's Epistles to
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 85
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France ; Loire region, 9th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Origin and date: According to Bischoff 2004: "Wahrscheinlich Loire-Gegend
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Broxb. 84.23
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1602
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Camden, William, 1551-1623, historian and herald
    • England and Netherlands
    • London centre and corner-piece binding for Elizabeth I, c. 1602, with Royal arms.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 987
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1581–1588
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • Complete set of five partbooks containing motets, anthems, consort music and consort songs, copied principally
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 10318
    Collection
    Europeana Regia
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    2e moitié du 8e siècle
    Language
    latin
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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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