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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 107
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    9th century, end of the 9th century
    Language
    Old High German, Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Among the most important are four laws, the Lex Salica, Lex Ribuaria, Lex Alamannorum and Lex Baiuvariorum
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3145
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • The collection, however, also contains anonymous sermons, and sermons that have been attributed to other
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 145
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • It was also used by abbots as a manual for pastoral care.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 269
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1467 and 1468
    Language
    Latin
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    • Hornby, Charles Harry St John, Unspecified, printer and collector
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This volume is a collection of letters, made in 1467 and 1468 in Naples for Roberto da Sanseverino, Prince
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ii.6.2
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Late 14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • period illuminated in the same style by the circle of the Master of the Pink Baldachins, some of which also
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. 2Q 6.51
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1494
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Sheet b3.4 transposed in binding, also sheets g2.5 and g3.4. 189 × 137 × 14 mm.
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 48
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The first part contains a careful copy of Gregory’s Dialogues in a single-column, which is also transmitted
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 54
    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'
    • the fifth part of a six-volume copy of Gregory’s Moralia in Iob (Min. 50-55), containing Books 23-27 and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 165
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • Bridget of Sweden, (b. 1303, d. 1373), nun, mystic and saint
    • On right, the golden gate and Joachim and Anne embracing.
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Peterhouse 75.I
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    c. 1393
    Language
    Middle English, Latin
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
    • The astronomical content of the manuscript is also of considerable value in its own right
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 196
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The lack of outlines, except of the British islands and of the squiggle that represents the Red Sea and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, C I 1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century, 2nd half of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bologna, Master of 1346 and l'Illustratore
    • The manuscript was produced in Bologna in the second half of the 13th century and contains the Digestum
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 51
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
    • England and Netherlands
    • Red rubrication and large initials in red ink introduce each book and frequently a section of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 670
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • An early copy of the so-called Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals, also called the false Decretals, or Decretals
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 516
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; na 1232
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
    • Also taken from the imperial copy is a list of synonyms (synonima) of words found in the text.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 104
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • D'Ewes, Simonds, 18 Dec 1602-18 Apr 1650, first baronet, diarist and antiquary
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 9
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 11th century, 11th/12th century / 12th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • During the entire middle ages in the occident, the texts of Aristotle and Boethius were well circulated
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15601
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Lupus of Ferrières, c 805-c 862, Abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Consolatio Philosophiae (The Consolation of Philosophy) of Boethius (b. 480, d. 524) with interlinear and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 155b
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1100–1150
    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'
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
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    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 37
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Engelberg. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 1178-1197
    Language
    Latin
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    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Both inscriptions also appear verbatim in the volumes that were written under Berchtold's predecessor