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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. A 95.5
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The poem seems to have been preserved only in this copy and has not yet been published.
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 2942
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Language
    arabe
    • Abu `Ali al-Husain ibn `Abdallah Ibn Sina, 980-1037, also known as Avicenna
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. C17:48 (9), Sheet 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1635
    Language
    English
    • Detail, including a windmill and a farm cart
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 431
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, third quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • 60 sermons for Lent and for Holy Week.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. C17:48 (9), Sheet 8
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1635
    Language
    English
    • Detail of enclosure 1991, with sheep and cattle
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D’Orville 45
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1067-1068
    Language
    Latin
    • Decorated initial 'B(eati)' with interlace and foliage.
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    Oxford. Magdalen College, Library, MS Gr 14
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Magdalen College, Library
    Date
    c. 1542
    Language
    Greek
    • Military texts, on machines, artillery, siegecraft and tactics.
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 131
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    15. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Walter L. Bullock Book Collection, 1312
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1552
    Language
    ita
    • parchment over boards; sewing supports visible at front and rear hinges; direct-lettered MS across head
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F IV 24
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, second quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Pierre d’Ailly (Latin: Petrus de Alliaco) was a scholar, church politician and productive writer.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Greaves 5
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Arabic
    • The Zij (Astronomical and chronological tables) of Ulugh Beg is a monument to the last great flowering
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 147
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1500
    Language
    Latin
    • 7 cm) for use in Rome was probably made in Bourges by the Master of Spencer 6 (active between 1490 and
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    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 22
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Porrentruy. Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne
    Date
    15th century, between 1451 and 1458
    Language
    Latin
    • There are still partially visible traces of coats of arms that were painted on ff. 33r, 41r, 129r and
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Ministerialbibliothek, Min. 27
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, 1080-1096
    Language
    Latin
    • De doctrina christiana was written by a single hand in one column; it has a beautiful opening page and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 541
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1544
    Language
    Latin
    • The scribe who wrote this volume was the cleric, cathedral organist and calligrapher Fridolin Sicher
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 91
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1470
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • There are many white-vine and illuminated initials.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 99
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    lat
    • John of Rupescissa (b. c. 1300, d. c. 1365), Franciscan monk and alchemist
    • Arnold of Villanova (b. c. 1240, d. 1311), physician and reformer
    • Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (b. 854, d. 925), physician, alchemist and philosopher
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 2886
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe siècle
    Language
    latin
    • Anselm of Canterbury, c 1033-1109, Saint, Abbot of Bec and Archbishop of Canterbury
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6376
    Collection
    Europeana Regia
    Library
    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    1ere moitié du 9e siècle
    Language
    latin
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 97
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1500 - 1599
    Language
    eng, lat
    • details such as their level of education, whether or not they were resident or held multiple livings, and