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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VGG F 9, volume 2
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 15th century, early
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Decoration: Marginal decoration and a duplex initial (f. 2r), red en
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VGG F 9, volume 1
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France ; Jagny, Val d'Oise?, 15th century, first quarter (c. 1413)
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Origin and date: According to Tesnière (1986).
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLO 87
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 13th centuryFrance?, 11th centuryFrance, 13th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Pseudo-Eusebius of Emesa, Unspecified, also known as 'Eusebius Gallicanus'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - (ff. 5v-113r) Short excerpts from patristic and medieval sermons, letters, liturgical texts and theological
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VGG F 3A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France ; Paris, 14th century, second quarter (c. 1332-1335)
    Language
    French
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    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Origin and date: According to Morrison & 2010a.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 57
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, ca. 1402
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • In short texts, it blends sanctoral and temporal celebrations in the course of the year, following the
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 147
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Arthurian romance tales in prose: "Estoire del Graal", "Merlin", "Suite Merlin", "Queste del saint Graal", and
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, AN IV 19
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The origin of the first owner, the rubricator and perhaps also the scribe of the manuscript, Petrus Guioti
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 40
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • Seller: Payne and Foss
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Jean Bodel, who was a member of the Brotherhood of Buskers and a bourgeois (middle-class resident) of
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 174
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This ethical work by Boccaccio, originally written between 1353 and 1356 and expanded in 1373, addresses
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 149
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French, Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This translation is also based on Lelio Manfredi’s Italian translation, completed in 1513.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 181
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • They are richly decorated with gold and cover two thirds of a page; a large number of initials adorned
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Richardson 15
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    fre
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Summary:Translated into French prose by Jacques de Rozières and dedicated
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 503ab
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, 2nd half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Small format prayer Book on highest quality parchment with Latin and several French prayers.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 189
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, 14th century, around 1310
    Language
    French
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    • Seller: Payne and Foss
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Thirteen miniatures and a number of filigreed initials adorn the alexandrine monorhyme stanzas of the
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 131
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1470
    Language
    fre
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    • René I, King of Naples and Jerusalem (1409-1480)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • There are 1 large miniature in tempera and gold (p. 1), 2 foliate borders, 12 large watercolor drawings
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 2785 bis
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 13th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870Description (Gumbert 2009): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3161419Also
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 395
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de - 14de - 15de eeuw; ff. 1-18: 15de eeuw met latere toevoegingen; ff. 19-153: ca. 1160-1181; ff. 154-178: ca. 1330-1370 (volgens Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, zie Bibliografie: RègleSBenPr4)
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • strong>Summary: Manuscript 395 is a composite manuscript which contains a martyrology and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VGG F 10
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France 15th century
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Note: Layout: Spaces reserved foor initials and for most of the drawings.
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, SCA 40
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 15th century, first quarter
    Language
    French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • 2040420Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294Also
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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 38 D
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 12th/13th century, c. 1200
    Language
    Latin, French
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Also contains the so-called 8th book by Aulus Hirtius. - (ff. 53v-85r) De bello civili / Julius Caesar