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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2901
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BET 1
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Naples, 15th century, last quarter.
    Language
    Latin
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    • Form: 1 volume, 174 leaves : historiated and decorated initials, (historiated)
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 8460
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1670-1714
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    • Camden, William, 1551-1623, historian and herald
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • England and Netherlands
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-45.1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, undated [1541]
    Language
    Italian
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    • Michelangelo (1475-1564) addressed this sonnet and his dedication to one of his closest friends, the
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    Luzern. Staatsarchiv, COD 3665
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Luzern. Staatsarchiv
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 1479-1572
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • immigration to Lucerne, since the individual entries give not only the names of the new citizens, but also
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 138
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, around 1480 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The first page is also decorated with a frame of floral interlace, which is interrupted in the lower
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1859
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Margareta and St. Agnes (France)
    • calendar from Strasbourg, this volume contains, among others, several texts by the Italian theologian and
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 14614
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    9.-10. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Candidus Wizo, fl 793-802, also known as Candidus Witto
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    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau, AA/4533
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Aarau. Staatsarchiv Aargau
    Date
    15th century, 1441
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Calendar listing annual donations to the Convent of Benedictine Nuns of Hermetschwil (Aargau), dated 1441 and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 36
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Safar 849 (1445 CE)
    Language
    fa
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • There is also a peony and a stream in the foreground.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16964
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • separately at the Benedictine abbey of Stavelot (Wallonia) in the last quarter of the 12 th century and
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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 94
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France? ; Apennine Peninsula?, 13th century, last quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - Fragments: flyleaves (ff. 1 and 158) contain text of a theological treatise (Low Countries, part?
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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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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • by the Anglo-Saxon scholar the Venerable Bede (673-735), De natura rerum (Of the nature of things) and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 160 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, 1478-1480
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Florentine scholar Ficino had this copy specially made for Bembo, who stayed in Florence between 1478 and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • From the arms hang A and ω in gold. The lance and reed and sponge (gold) rest against it.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 28
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat, fre, spa
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • /sup>Quire 224Quire 234, 1 cancelledQuire 246, 5 and
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 299(192)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • of Bartholomew de Glanville forms only the first part of this manuscript of collected works, which also
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho E XIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, bre
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    • Breton scribes, and perhaps also reflects an Irish exemplar.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 441
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    15de eeuw; tweede helft 15de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Adrianus But was a monk and chronicler at Ten Duinen Abbey, where the manuscript was kept.
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 514
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de - 14de eeuw; ff. 1r-22r: 13de eeuw; ff. 23r-111r: 14de eeuw; ff. 112r-117v: 13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • made use not only of Christian texts, but also of the newly translated works of Aristotle and Plato.