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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 82
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1750–1790
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • England and Netherlands
    • One of a complete set of five partbooks, containing motets and madrigals by Alfonso Ferrabosco.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 524
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1499
    Language
    lat
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • and vices, a biblical summary, the Passion of Christ, and the sacrament of the Mass.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 139
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (about 1460-1470?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The humanistic script is the work of a single scribe, with large golden initials and "bianchi girari"
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 10
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1299
    Language
    lat
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    • Its exact provenance and how it came to be in Parker's possession are unknown.
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 21
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • In two lines of verse on 1r, Abbot Frowin of Engelberg dedicates the volume to the Mary, the patron saint
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ee.4.24
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1280-1290
    Language
    Latin, Latin and Norman French in two columns
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Significant due to the extent and nature of its illustrative programme
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 456
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1375 - 1399
    Language
    lat
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    • Aristotle (attributed to)
    • Summary: CCCC MS 456 is a late fourteenth-century manuscript that contains miscellaneous texts, some
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Add.6858
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    c.1513 C.E.
    Language
    Latin
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    • In 1513, while he was at Cambridge, Erasmus dedicated to Henry VIII
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 427
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • confused with his namesake Guido delle Colonne - d. c. 1280), an abstract of Bede's Historia ecclesiastica and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    osx, lat, ang, xno
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    • England and Netherlands
    • It ends imperfectly, in the middle of the account of the journey to Emmaus.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 309
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 250
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 11th century, Part I (f. 1-12): around 836; Part II (f. 13-28): around 1000
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • , Carolingian (fol. 1–12) with its original texts (fol. 1v–11v), reflects a meeting between Einhard and
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 270
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1000 - 1099
    Language
    lat
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    • typical English script of the eleventh century being written well after the Norman Conquest, in contrast to
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 82
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The first part of Harley MS 82, containing a register for the abbey, was added to the Martyrology in
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 51
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw; ca. 1126-ca. 1150
    Language
    Latin
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    • The text begins with a preface by a certain 'G., Magalonensis episcopus', writing to the provost of Lille
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 283
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    lat
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    • There has been some dispute as to its provenance, with M. R.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 125
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 14th century (around 1320?), notes from the 14th-15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The text is annotated with marginal and interlinear glosses by various contemporaneous and Italian hands
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 227
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 9th century, 8th-9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • collection of Patristic texts with selections from works by Isidore of Seville (d. 636; Sententiae and
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 22
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • According to poem on 1r, the manuscript was produced under Abbot Frowin of Engelberg (1143-1178).
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 75
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1225
    Language
    lat
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    • initials is characteristic of the specifically English system used in the thirteenth century, although some