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    London. British Library, Add MS 35180
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Medium and small initials in green or blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, or red with
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 29
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, 1428
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • commissioned in 1428 by Joan of Mörsberg; she was a member of the Gnadenthal Convent of Poor Clares near Basel and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 13
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 11th century, first quarterFrance, 10th century, second halfFrance?, 13th century, last quarterApennine Peninsula ; Orvieto, 13th century, 1281-1282France ; Île-de-France ; 12th/13th century, c. 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Part 1: Upper part of f. 3* and right corner at the bottom of all leaves
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Ger 74
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    gmh, lat
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Recipes in German and Latin written in a later hand and dated 1534.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 101
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, northern part?, 15th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294Description (De Meyier 1973): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:108120Also
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 298
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1457
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • He also refers to Ser Gorus the Cantor, or choirmaster, for whom the future pope was finding employment
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 258
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, Old High German
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The first part (f. 1-47) comprises three commentaries on the Old and the New Testament; the second part
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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
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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, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 39
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • and Child in the sky.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 137 E
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 12th/13th century, c. 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - Spine and corners renewed.
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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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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 611
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 5th century, 7th century, 8th century (Palimpsests 5th and 7th century)
    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
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais, S 56
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1472-1474
    Language
    Latin
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    • This volume, S 56, from the library of Walter Supersaxo (ca. 1402-1482), Bishop of Sion, and of his son
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    Oxford. Exeter College, 9M 6795+
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Exeter College
    Date
    1533
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • the first in the county) published a book containing the Statutes of the Great Courts of 1510, 1532 and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, SCA 44
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - Typecript of the text and French translation (27, 39 pages) kept at Leiden UB, F.C.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 15
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France ; Orléans? ; 9th century, second halfFrance; Fleury Abbey?, 10th/11th centuryFrance ; Fleury Abbey, 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Origin and date (part 1): "Orléans, Bischöfliches Skriptorium, IX.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 503ab
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Small format prayer Book on highest quality parchment with Latin and several French prayers.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 142
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    German regions, 15th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Content: Also contains some lines of verse (f. 210v).
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    Wil. Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina, M II
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Wil. Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This parchment manuscript written about the end of the 15th century, with musical notation and book decoration
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, LIP 26
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries, southern part ; Ghent 11th century, first half
    Language
    Latin
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    • /strong>: Contains 6 comedies by Terence; with metrical introductions by Sulpicius Apollinaris and