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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 239
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1299
    Language
    lat
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    • The Metaphysics was an important text for the medieval university curriculum, and the script and ornament
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 6 B VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Father of the Church, the De Mysteriis, a dogmatic work on baptism, confirmation and Eucharist intended for
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 18302
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1486
    Language
    ita
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    • library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1892 from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer for
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Allemand 150
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XV e siècle (1418 et 1419).
    Language
    allemand
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    • Dortmund, Wurtzbourg et Spire [ex. f. 204-293] ; lettre A surmontée d’une croix, proche de Piccard-Online
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Vat.ebr.232
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    14.-15. Jh.
    Language
    heb
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    • 23r-44v - Daṿid ben Yedaʿyah: Poem for a wedding
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Duchesne 113
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Language
    français
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    • Chronique de Garci-LopezSALAZAR, Garcia de • « Linages de España »SOBRARBE • For
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 129
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 12th century (middle?)
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Except for the prologue, the satires are written in hexameter; there are a modest number of verses (about
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 28
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • A smaller script than usual in this volume has been used on fol. 1 for the Commentary on the Tree of
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 25
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • as well as a sermon by Haymo of Halberstadt; it is written in a single-column and undecorated except for
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, after 1442 - end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • opens with a decorated initial on a gold background, badly worn due to the fragment’s use as binding for
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    Paris. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal, Ms-11157
    Collection
    Gallica (Arsenal Library)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal
    Date
    1731
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    • Le comte de)L'Esprit (Jeanne de) • 1731, SalpêtrièreNavarre (Antoine) • 1731, For-l'Évêque
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 61
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1081–1086
    Language
    Latin
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    • Provenance: Written in the scriptorium of St Chrysogonus, Zadar, for the Benedictine nunnery of
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 1067
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • From f. 9r, initials in red, and spaces for initials or drawings, and highlighting of letters in red.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3079
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Eusebius of Caesarea (b. c. 260, d. c. 340), St Caesarius of Arles (b. c. 468, d. 542) and others, for
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 157
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • Two-panel pages with scenes from the life of Christ. ff. 13r-18v: A Calendar of Saints, including feasts for
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    Cambridge. Pembroke College Library, MS LC.II.77
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Pembroke College Library
    Date
    1617-1620
    Language
    Latin
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    • Wren first listed all the previous gifts of books for which he could
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 835
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1. Viertel 13. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • The style of the illumination is typical for the transition period between late Romanesque and early
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 627
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1480
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • János Vitéz, the Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1443–1490), developed a passion for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 19415
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    820 - 830
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • the oldest surviving Latin document of any extent composed in Bavaria and the most important source for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 18158
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    2. Viertel und Ende 11. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • A bird's beak is the symbol of loquacity, for example, while deer antlers stand for arrogance.