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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, DE 2
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    December 15, 1780
    Language
    French [fre]
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    • Notes: Autograph letter, written and signed by George Washington's secretary
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 117
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1499
    Language
    lat, frm
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    • Anselm of Canterbury, c 1033-1109, Saint, Abbot of Bec and Archbishop of Canterbury
    • manuscript contains two items of the correspondence of Anselm of Canterbury copied from CCCC MS 135 and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLO 69
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France ; Loire region, 9th century, first thirdFrance?, 13th centuryFrance?, 14th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 670
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • This text consists of a a wide-ranging collection of falsified papal letters and papal decrees from late
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    ninth century, (c. 820-840 C.E.)
    Language
    Latin, Old English
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    • central section, part II (fols 2-99), is a ninth-century prayerbook written in principally in Latin with some
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 298
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1500 - 1525
    Language
    lat, eng, fre, enm
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    • Edward I, 1239-1307, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
    • verse written in 1497 by Laurence Wade OSB.The second part contains a collection of documents relating to
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 304
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Book of diseases and medical recipes, arranged according to the part of the body which is diseased.
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    Orselina. Convento della Madonna del Sasso, Codice I
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Orselina. Convento della Madonna del Sasso
    Date
    14th century, 14th century (first decade)
    Language
    Latin
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    • A Franciscan Gradual written and illuminated in northern Italy (Padua or Bologna), dateable to the first
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 448
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1432 / after 1446
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gall during the presence of reformist monks from the monastery ofHersfeld between 1430 and 1439.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 113
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1425-1450
    Language
    Latin
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    • A manuscript book of hours, according to the use of Sarum (Latin with some rubrics in English), dated
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1859
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Margareta and St. Agnes (France)
    • calendar from Strasbourg, this volume contains, among others, several texts by the Italian theologian and
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, 42645
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    1499
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    • Physical Description: [20] pages ; 22 cm (4to)Imprint:
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 878
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, between about 825 and 849
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Attributed to Hippocrates
    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 1531
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1519
    Language
    ita
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    • paper over boards with leather spine and corners; waste print material in Italian visible on spine; gilt
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. T. 1. 27
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • End of Book VIII and start of Book IX with large decorated initial A.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 248
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 11th century, 12th century, middle of the 9th century (pp. 3–82) / 9th century (?) (pp. 83-98) / 9th or 11th century (pp. 99-148) / 9th century or 11th-12th centuries (pp. 149-212)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • contains, among other items, Boetheus's De arithmetica, a computational treatise incorrectly attributed to
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 11
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, 1425
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ee.3.59
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    c.1250-1260 C.E.
    Language
    French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • how his rule proved of benefit to the English people; it describes his visions and miracles, his
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 12
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France?, 11th centuryFrance ; Sens Cathedral, 12th century, c. 1190France ; Tours, 9th century, second quarterFrance ; Tours region? , 10th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 463
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1750-1770
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ara
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    • Some of the miniatures reveal that occasionally the total composition of the painting was copied by tracing