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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 3965
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1473
    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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    London. British Library, Add MS 37517
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • This Psalter was designed for use of a community following the Rule of St Benedict and is the earliest
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 205
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1442
    Language
    lat
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    • The volume appears to have been intended as a gift for Thomas Beckington (1390?
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 85
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Sotheby's sale of Tenison's library on 1 July 1861, lot 97; sold to Lilly for Lord Ashburnham for £37
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 192
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    952
    Language
    lat, cel, gre
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    • for Christe benedic)Note: A curiously indented piece has been cut out of the
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 44
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1000 - 1099
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • probably St Augustine's rather than Christ Church; however its text has been held to show that it was made for
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 37
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1325
    Language
    lat, frm
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    • The overwhelming sense of the these texts is of a collection put together by or for a secular figure
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 8201 d
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1414
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ger, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • The model for the work was the verse life of Benedict by Pope Gregory the Great (circa 540-604), called
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4660
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1230 bis 14. Jahrhundert
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • There is evidence for the presence of this manuscript in the monastery of Benediktbeuern only from the
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 19486
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    10. - 11. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Although the "Ruodlieb" lacks important plots and subjects for a "knightly novel" (e.g. battle, courtly
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 624
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Decoration:See the separate descriptions for Harley MS 624 ff. 1v-83r; 84r-123v; 145r-217r.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010(6
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1430 und 1530 - 1532
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gmh
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    • The text was then sent to Regensburg for illumination.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010(5
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1430 und 1530 - 1532
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/gmh
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    • The text was then sent to Regensburg for illumination.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 352
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • For example, on Folio 82r a military tribunal is pictured at the beginning of the chapter on soldier's
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 256
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • In any case it was ostensibly made for Ter Doest, as found in the title, and in the contemporary ownership
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 324
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1399
    Language
    frm
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    • of Le Miroir des dames, a translation into French of the Speculum dominarum, a didactic text written for
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Gerstenbergiana I. A
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1751-1756
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/ger
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    • In his 20th literary letter he formulated essential moments of the genius concept for the first time.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 24
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1399
    Language
    lat
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    • The same notice also records threats of divine punishment for anyone who erased the inscription or caused
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 266
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1225
    Language
    lat
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    • has been designated as one of the manuscripts of the second edition which should be used as a basis for
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 484
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1200 - 1299
    Language
    lat
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    • nominum (Aaz-Zuzim): triple columnsNote: The books have fine decorative initials for