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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 B XII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • This manuscript consists of Juvenal's Saturae (Satires) with interlinear and marginal glosses (ff. 3r
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 831
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • The main content of the codex consists of commentaries by Boethius on Cicero's Topica and on the Isagoge
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 298
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1410 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Mantua and Florence
    • volume produced in 1420 in Florence is among the earliest manuscripts written in Humanist minuscule, and
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 78
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 14th century, 15th century, 9th–15th centuries
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Walahfrid Strabo, (b. c. 808, d. 849), monk and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • contains the sole exemplar of a document explaining the reasons for the meeting between King Charlemagne and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 908
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 6th century, 7th century, 6th-7th centuries (lower script) / second half of the 8th century (upper script)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • "The king of palimpsests": parchment fragments from late antiquity that were erased and reused at a later
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 172
    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)
    • This manuscript contains only the Bucolics, the Georgics and the first five books of the Aeneid; the
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. B.II.1
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    start of 12th century, [early 14th century], [late 14th century], [early 12th century]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • England and Netherlands
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lyell 72
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century; c. 1400 (miniatures)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Dominican Processional and Troper.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 409
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, end; 15th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Author portrait with added Venetian late 15th century border with coats of arms of Bolani and Marcello
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 5251
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • generationis (Book of generations), a chronicle attributed to Hippolytus of Rome (b. 170, d. 235), and
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 55
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • It is written in a single column, is clean and is written by several hands, with an incipit page (f.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 108
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • This text by Lucan is accompanied by marginal and interlinear glosses in various hands, which are partly
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 90
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    end 14th Century/ beginning of 15th Century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • with red penwork flourishes and infill on folios 2r,8r, 11r,14v, 19v, 26r , 37r ,51v and 61r There
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 340
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • In 1638 the manuscript was transferred to the Benedictine abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés in Paris and,
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. a. 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Antiphonal and gradual.
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 50
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • It is written in a single column and is mostly undecorated except for the incipit page (f. 1r) and an
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. e. 17
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1400–1410
    Language
    Latin, English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • (P&A iii. 809) Illuminated initials in blue, green, red and gold, with partial border on fols. 3, 19,
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 1007
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1143-1178
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • discovered in 1963 along with 9 other volumes during construction work in the monastery of Engelberg. 1v-2r and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. C. 506
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin, English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Medical treatises, recipes and charms.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Psalter and Book of Hours.