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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 102
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, around 1320
    Language
    French
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • hagiographic compilation in French prose which recounts the lives of the apostles, martyrs, confessors and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 165
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1412-1415
    Language
    French
    • Pierre Le Fructier, called Salmon, Secretary to Charles VI, King of France
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Pierre le Fruitier, called Salmon, secretary to Charles VI and someone who influenced John the Fearless
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 178
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1353
    Language
    French
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • part of this allegorial romance (over 4,000 verses) was written by Guillaume de Lorris in about 1230, and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 34
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century (cf. F. Huot)
    Language
    French, Latin
    • Six large miniatures remain, of which two pertain to the life of Christ, two are dedicated to the Annunciation
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 183
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, last quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    French
    • England and Netherlands
    • alexandrine verse (en laisses d’alexandrins) was composed in the 12th century by an author of the continent and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 77
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    French
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • At the request of Jean II of France, between 1354 and 1356, the Dominican Pierre Bersuire (Petrus Berchorius
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 170
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1485-1490
    Language
    French
    • Frederick II of Hohenstaufen wrote a Latin treatise on falconry (De arte venandi cum avibus), in order to
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 181
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 3rd quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • His anonymous work respects the original text and its division into four books.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 176
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1380-1389
    Language
    French
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Between the end of the 13th century and the first quarter of the 14th century, the anonymous author translated
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 189
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, ca. 1470
    Language
    French
    • In this collection, which refer to the myths of Tristan and Arthur, Tristan is portrayed as the perfect
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 367
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, beginning of the 16th century, after 1511
    Language
    Latin, French
    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • Philibert de Viry’s manuscript is one of the rare Books of Hours for use in the Diocese of Geneva to
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 168
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
    • This work contains two tracts: the Livre des deduis, a handbook on hunting, and the Songe de Pestilence
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 33
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    French, Latin
    • This book of hours in the Parisian fashion is richly illuminated and was made for the diocese of Nantes
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 167
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, 1536
    Language
    French
    • cursive script, illustrated with numerous highly colorful drawings with allegorical, cosmological, and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 80
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, end of the 15th century or beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin, French
    • This collection, dated to the end of the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th century, contains
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 6
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1417
    Language
    French
    • In this moral treatise, wisdom conducts a dialog with a student regarding the spiritual path to be followed
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 169
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1485
    Language
    French
    • At the end of the 1480s Gaston Febus wrote a tract, in French and in prose, on hunting, known under the
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 74
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, between 1512 and 1524 (most probably 1512-1513)
    Language
    French
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • 1473-1524), followed by the XXIV coupletz de la valitude et convalescence de la royne trescrestienne and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 80
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1470
    Language
    French
    • the title „Livre de Jules César,“ contains a collection of texts by Julius Caesar, Sallust, Suetonius and
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 76
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, ca. 1475-1500
    Language
    French
    • The translator drew on texts by Plutarch and Justin in order to complete the Roman writer’s text which