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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 65
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Elias of Cortona, (b. c. 1180, d. 1253), Minister General of the Franciscan order
    • On each clasp is 'pħs' and on the upper one is a large 'S'.
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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 37
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, southern part?, 13th century, last quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Constantine the African, c 1020-1098, Monk of Monte Cassino
    • Content: Contains: (ff. 1r-13v) De chirurgia / Constantine the African. - (ff.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 48984
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Richard, Unspecified, Emperor of Germany, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • This manuscript contains the Homiliae in Evangelia (Sermons on the Gospel) by the pope and theologian
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 191 E
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    parts 1-3, 4, 5: German regions, northern part ; Paderborn?, 12th century, last quarter - parts 6-7: Apennine Peninsula, 12th century, last quarter - part 8: German regions, 12th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • . - (ff. 44v-47r) Letter of Wazo of Liège to the provost Johannes (chapter 3 of the Vita of Wazo). -
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 57
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries, northern part ; Eemstein Monastery, 15th century, mid
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Content: Contains works by Bede the Venerable: (ff. 1r-128r) Historia ecclesiastica
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 6
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, 14th century, 1382
    Language
    Latin
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    • Pliny, the Elder
    • . - (ff. 1r-314v) Naturalis historia / Pliny the Elder.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 17250.2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1454
    Language
    lat
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    • Printer of the 36-line Bible
    • Earlier in the same year Horn had sold to Spencer another I-31 indulgence from the library of the Benedictines
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 1433
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb
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    • Piza, David, Rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese congregation (Bevis Marks)
    • Acquisition: Acquired by The John Rylands Library from the heirs of Moses
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 129
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Order of Service for the Monastery of St. Gall in the Directorium of 1583
    • Manuscript compilation from the 9th century from the monastery of St.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Gaster Hebrew MS 322
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    heb, arc, jrb
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    • Ezra the scribe son of Joseph Karo
    • Decoration: Decoration in the margin to mark the beginning of the next
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3314
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Garland the Computist, fl 1080
    • Salomon; Salomon's table (f. 8v).ff. 9r-13v: Instructions and mnemonic verses for determining Easter, and other
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 83
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. f. 2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1390–1410
    Language
    Latin, French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
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    • Master of the Beaufort Saints (13..-14..)
    • Scott (1996 no. 22) distinguishes six artists of the miniatures, of whom hands C, D and F were working
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 163
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw; ca. 1176-ca. 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Two of the texts, the Etymologiae and De natura rerum, are written by the Spanish bishop Isidore of Sevilla
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 03043
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    after 1450.
    Language
    Latin
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    • Written in Latin, by one hand, in black ink with chapter headings in red ink.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. Or. 584
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
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    • A later hand has labelled the top instrument: 'this is the form of the rounded cataract needle', with
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Elliott 287
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1485
    Language
    Persian, Chagatai
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    • The first mathnawī of Navāʼī's Khamsah.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3069 Vol. 2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    ca. 1454-1455
    Language
    lat
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    • Printer of the 42-line Bible
    • Gutenberg, Johann (Printer of the 42-line Bible)
    • Decoration: Rubrication added by hand following exactly the layout
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    Oxford. Queen's College, Library, MS 317
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Queen's College, Library
    Date
    1175–1225
    Language
    Latin
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    • The Benedictine Abbey of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Reading, Berkshire, England
    • Probably written at the Benedictine abbey of the BVM, Reading, Berkshire, c. 1200 after the compilation
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 17250.1
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1454
    Language
    lat
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    • Printer of the 42-line Bible
    • Gutenberg, Johann (Printer of the 42-line Bible)
    • Alexander Horn (1762-1820) in 1800 from the library of the Benedictines of St.