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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Arch. G b.6
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1476
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Savile P 8
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1494
    Language
    Latin, Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Paganinis, 10-20 Nov. 14[9]4)The author, Lucas (Luca Pacioli, c.1445-1517), taught arithmetic and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 186
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian
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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 329
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    13uu
    Language
    ita
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • strong>Book 3, in 284 chapters, of a work on Roman history, beginning with the first Punic War and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Ital 40
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    16uu
    Language
    ita
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Subjects:Maria, of Austria, queen consort of Louis II, king of Hungary and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 213
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1428-1436
    Language
    French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600), Italian, Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • 15th-century polyphonic music: 325 secular and religious pieces.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Ital. 251
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1400
    Language
    Italian
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • twined with leaves terminates in the lower border with a canopy over the Medici arms with crossed keys and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 131
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, late 14th century
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • manuscript unites two different collections of Italian poetry: a collection of 380 poems by Petrarch and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Ital. 280
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1400
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Life of the Virgin and of Christ.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Ital 61
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1445
    Language
    ita
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • :Concerns the tariffs of Venice, Florence, Milan, Bologna, Naples, Palermo, Barcelona and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Auct. 2Q inf. 1.45
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1488
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Franciscus Philelphus and Hieronymus Squarzaficus) [Italian] (Venice: Bernardinus Rizus, Novariensis,
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    Lisbonne. Biblioteca nacional de Portugal, INC. 1443
    Collection
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal - Biblioteca Nacional Digital
    Library
    Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
    Date
    ca. 1492]
    Language
    Italian
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    • Petrus Hispanus (b. c. 1220, d. c. 1277), philosopher and later Pope John XXI(?)
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Lat 181
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1476
    Language
    lat, ita
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Written probably in central Italy for Franciscan use in a southern gothic bookhand by three scribes, and
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 157
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    ita
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Notes:Written in Feliciano's distinctive upright hand, signed "Antiquarius Felicianus" and
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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 13
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1786
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • In this magnificently illustrated manuscript of unusual content, the Italian architect and town planner
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Ital 39
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1449
    Language
    ita, lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Physical Description: 1 v. (94 leaves) : vellum and paper ; 15 cm.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 422
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    ita
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Below this is illustrated a scene in which two men and a woman converse, in front of a castle in the
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Incunable Collection, 9464
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1475
    Language
    ita
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • p>Data Source(s): Created as part of the project 'Petrarch Commentary and
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 4
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin, French, Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Manuscript from Italy with the widely disseminated and successful collection of Medieval Latin fables
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, Mus 998
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1601–1700
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Compositions are largely for solo voice and continuo by Mario Savioni, Luigi Rossi, Giacomo Carissimi