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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 596
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 264
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1399
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • of the Flores historiarum of Roger of Wendover (d. 1236), beginning with events of Richard I's reign and
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 2478
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XII e siècle (début).
    Language
    latin
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    • Anselm of Canterbury, c 1033-1109, Saint, Abbot of Bec and Archbishop of Canterbury
    • England and Netherlands
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 504
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1528
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Decorated initial ‘E(fflagitarat)’ with masks and cherubs on dark blue panel.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 20.2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1514
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Brown calfskin, tooled in gold and blind with three Italianate tools: a pair of circles, a leaf tool,
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barocci 88
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1401–1500
    Language
    Greek
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    • Medical treatises and extracts.
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    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library, MS 255A
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library
    Date
    901–1299
    Language
    Latin
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    • [Religious texts of Paul the Deacon and Joachim of Fiore]
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 53
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, about 1470-1475
    Language
    French
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    • by Quintus Curtius Rufus, which is augmented by texts from Plutarch, Valerius Maximus, Aulus Gellius and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 153
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1150–1175
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 03245
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    14--?
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Leaves [1-3] and [124] verso-[126] in a later hand.
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1177
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    1447-48
    Language
    lat
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    • John of Rupescissa (b. c. 1300, d. c. 1365), Franciscan monk and alchemist
    • Arnold of Villanova (b. c. 1240, d. 1311), physician and reformer
    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 63
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1455
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Start of Ad Familiares II, gold initial Q(uanquam me nomine) with vine-stem decoration on green, rose and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1306-1309
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Over time, the wax turned black and hard, which makes it harder to read.
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 03208
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    1766
    Language
    German
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Written almost entirely in a single hand in cursive, in black and brown ink.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Kennicott 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1476 (?)
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • The covers also form a box around the book.Size: 240 x 290mm.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 146
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    0900 - 1199
    Language
    lat, eng, ang, gre
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    • The main part of the manuscript, a Pontifical and Benedictional, was made at the Old Minster, Winchester
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Vet. E1 e.61
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1521
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • All-over blind tooling, probably Italian and contemporary with the book.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 34 II
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294Description (De Meyier 1975): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:109990Also
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 288
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1480
    Language
    lat
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Ulric in vestments, holding a crozier and a fish.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4523
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    11.-14. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian