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    Cambridge. Queen's College Library, MS 83
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Queen's College Library
    Date
    1560s and 1570s
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    • Henry VIII, King of England
    • Boleyn, Thomas, earl of Wiltshure
    • de Vere, John, earl of Oxford
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. G f.13
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1490-1500
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • The Sacred Heart and the Wounds of Christ displayed on a Cross (‘Arms of Jesus Christ’)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A II
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 01124
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    Early 14th cent.
    Language
    French
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Contains the laws, statutes and customs of Normandy, intermingled with some of the laws of Edward
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 129
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century, 12th century (middle?)
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Except for the prologue, the satires are written in hexameter; there are a modest number of verses (about
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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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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Anglo-Saxon scholar the Venerable Bede (673-735), De natura rerum (Of the nature of things) and De temporum
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    London. British Library, Add MS 54229
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
    • Hornby, Charles Harry St John, Unspecified, printer and collector
    • the 150 psalms: a combination of the liturgical division at the first psalm of Matins for each day of
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    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden, CM Ms. 8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Trogen. Kantonsbibliothek Appenzell Ausserrhoden
    Date
    16th century, second quarter of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • This book of hours with a tall, narrow format is a true pocket book, and the framing of the miniatures
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 31
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Language
    lat
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
    • Thomas and William Boone
    • The Gonzaga family (fl. 1328-1708)
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 569
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th/10th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Contains, among other items, the only extant version of the Life of Saint Ambrose, composed by an unknown
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    Cambridge. Trinity Hall Library, MS 12
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Trinity Hall Library
    Date
    15th century
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • and of the Christian saints, including a number of images which tell the story of Christ’s Passion.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 264
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, beginning
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Latin
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • A cycle of Italian ladies added at the end of some of the prayers is analogous to one more complete in
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Persian MS 6
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    24 Rabi' II, 824 AH (1421 CE)
    Language
    fa
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    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Moulana Azhar of Herat, d 1475-6
    • Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford
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    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum, LM 51690.2
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • One of six parchment leaves from a book of hours, written in bastarda and datable to the second half
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 590
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1522
    Language
    Alemannic, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • The oldest German language version of the life history of St.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Oppenheim Add. 4° 125b
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1665
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    • Ḥayim ben Isaac ben Elijah, of Cordova
    • Stampoul (Istanbul), Church of Saint Nikoghayos
    • Contents: Ḥayim ben Yitsḥaḳ ben Eliyah of Cordova, Meʿulefet sapirim (Commentary on the difficult words
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. B 115
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    18th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • The St. St. Gall monk and cloister librarian P.
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, B I 13a
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 15th century, end of the 12th century and 1463
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Second part of a two-volume edition of Gregory’s Moralia in Iob.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang, eng, xno, grc
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    • Peter of Poitiers
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • England and Netherlands
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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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    • Gildas, c 500-c 575, Saint, 'the Wise' or 'Badonicus'
    • Henry of Huntingdon
    • Gerald of Wales