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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 12
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, beginning of the 15th century
    Language
    Italian
    • There is only a single medieval Italian translation of Augustine’s De civitate Dei (City of God), an
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 149
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    French, Italian
    • This translation is also based on Lelio Manfredi’s Italian translation, completed in 1513.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 55
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, first half of the 14th century
    Language
    Italian
    • poetic form used in the textual layout, the tercet or "terza rima", which was introduced by Dante, is
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 39
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1467
    Language
    Italian
    • It is preserved here in a manuscript copied in 1467 by Giovanni Cardello da Imola, whose regular calligraphy
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 186
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian
    • The text De verborum significatu by the Latin grammarian Pompeius Festus is an extremely valuable dictionary
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 37
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 14th century (1360-1370)
    Language
    Italian
    • The text is written as a prosimetrum — alternating prose and verse — as is immediately obvious from the
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-45.1
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, undated [1541]
    Language
    Italian
    • His tone is very respectful: Michelangelo greets not only a friend, but also a lady who is part of high
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, T-3.3
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, n.d. [Ferrara, 1576]
    Language
    Italian
    • This "paperolle" from the famous "Code Gonzague" (held in the Biblioteca Ariostea of Ferrara) is a working