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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1580
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Dugdale 28
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    dated 1605
    Language
    English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • On duties of heralds.Tracts on heraldry and parliamentary procedure.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 609
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1572-1573
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Initial I(dem) with date 1571 and two white dragons.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 101
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 2nd third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • probably the Dominican Monastery of Basel
    • One of the ancient authors best known in the Middle Ages doubtlessly was Cicero.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 31031
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Gregory I (b. c 540, d. 604), Moralia in Iob (Commentary on Job), part 1, books 1-5, beginning with the
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 95
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1100–1170
    Language
    Latin
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    • Carpender, Thomas, of Kingsham (d. c. 1565)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Decoration: At the opening of each epistle, large pen and ink capitals, occupying half the central
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    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek, Cap. Rés. 527
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Fribourg/Freiburg. Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire/Kantons- und Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Paper manuscript containing the Parallel Lives of Plutarch in latin translation.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Eng 530
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1450
    Language
    enm
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    • John of Hildesheim OCarm
    • England and Netherlands
    • strong>Written in at least two unidentified hands in mixed cursive script; with flourished initials and
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 283
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • A copy of the commentary of Hrabanus Maurus on the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament
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    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais, S 104
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sion/Sitten. Médiathèque Valais
    Date
    14th century, beginning of the 14th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bologna, Master of 1346 and l'Illustratore
    • The Summa super titulis (or rubricis) Decretalium is a famous legal treatise about the Decretals of
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Lat. 41
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1190–1210
    Language
    Latin
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    • Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
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    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cod. 101
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, second quarter of the 15th century / around 1490
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • A book of hours in Latin and French, written in the second quarter of the 15th century in Paris, but
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 120.I
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    11th century, ca. 1039 – ca. 1056
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbo of Fleury
    • Aurelius Victor (b. c. 320, d. c. 390), Roman historian and politician
    • Ado of Vienne, c 800-875, Archbishop of Vienne
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. B 134
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    17th century, 1608
    Language
    German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Catalog of the miracles on the altar of Saint "Maria in Gatter" (St. Mary at the Gate) in the St.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3097
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Folcard of Saint-Bertin, fl 1066, Monk of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer, Christ Church in Canterbury, and
    • Felix of Crowland
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    Chavannes-près-Renens. Archives cantonales vaudoises, P Château de La Sarraz H 50
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Chavannes-près-Renens. Archives cantonales vaudoises
    Date
    15th century, 1421
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • This Book of Hours following the liturgical custom of Paris contains a large number of private prayers
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 1 A XVIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • (ff. 12r-13r). ff. 66r-99r: The Gospel of St Mark, preceded by a preface (ff. 66r-67r) and capitula
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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, EL 26 C 9
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    ca. 1400-1410
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500) [enm]
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • Notes: The Ellesmere Chaucer is a beautiful and elaborately decorated manuscript
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1132
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    16th century, 1569
    Language
    Latin
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • In addition to commentaries on Aristotle by the Spanish Jesuit Johannes Maldonatus (Juan Maldonado, professor
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    Wil. Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina, M 41
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Wil. Dominikanerinnenkloster St. Katharina
    Date
    15th century, 1484
    Language
    German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • This work presents a guide to the Christian life in 24 speeches, each following a particular theme, put