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    London. British Library, Add MS 19961
    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
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • histories by the historians Socrates Scholasticus (b. c. 380; d. c. 440), Sozomen (b. c. 400, d. c. 450), and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 10
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • for educational use, it contains works of Aristotle, Avicenna, Nicolaus Damascenus, Qusta Ibn-Luca and
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 100
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1450–1499
    Language
    Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Gospel pericopes and the popular Prayer to the Virgin (ff. 13r-20r).
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 318
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    10uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Rubrics are in ornamental capital letters in red and green.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 144
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
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    • René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem (1409-1480)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • allegorical poem, composed in 1455, invites people to live a holy life by means of a dialogue between soul and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canonici Or. 31
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1201–1300
    Language
    Hebrew
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Also contains Zerahiah ben Isaac ben Shealtiel Gracian's Selaʻ ha-Maḥaloḳet, on the Sefer baʿale ha-nefesh
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1398
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    2. Hälfte 13. Jh. (I) ; um 1200
    Language
    lat
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    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • period.Contents: ff. 4r-37v: an illustrated copy of Prudentius's Psychomachia with titles for the illustrations and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 658
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • contains a miscellany of study aids for the Bible, bound together with a collection of scientific, poetic and
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 165
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Martin in Tours by the Levite Berno (note and book curse on f. 1v).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 217
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Initial B with a figure playing a viol and King David playing a harp.
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.3
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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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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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1700
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Old Testament with prologues and commentary
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3859
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, wel
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • ending: 'frequentior usus invenit qua[m] vet[us] doctrina monstraverat'. ff. 40v-41r: Astrological and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B I 7
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 2nd quarter of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The two columns of text are in turn again partly divided in half and give the biblical text in the left
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 98
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, 1170-1180
    Language
    Latin
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    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Dedicated to the Archbishop of Reims, the work quickly became a great success and remains known today
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 315
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    11uu
    Language
    lat
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • A fragment of part of one leaf of a Bible, consisting of the beginning (on the recto) and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 248
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Miscellaneous astronomical tables and diagrams.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 272
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Mark (VIII, 33; IX, 6; IX, 20; and IX, 34).
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3083
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • It also includes two other works by Ambrose: De Obitu Theodosii (On the Death of Theodosius I) and De