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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 50
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    9th century, around 825
    Language
    Latin
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Eusebius of Caesarea, c 263-c 340, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine
    • In fact, it can be considered ‘venerable’ due to its age since it is dated circa 825.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 35
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    15th century, last third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • of Jean Colombe, the famous book illustrator from Bourges, who was active in the last third of the 15th
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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
    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • 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. lat. 37a
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    10th century, beginning of the 10th century (cf. A. von Euw)
    Language
    Latin
    • Order of Service for the Monastery of St. Gall in the Directorium of 1583
    • This epistolary, produced in the cloister of St. Gall, was used for readings during the mass.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 98
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, 1170-1180
    Language
    Latin
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript, dated to the years 1170-1180, contains the text of the Alexandreis, a Latin epic poem
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 70
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century, middle of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • This manuscript, produced in a Parisian workshop during the mid-13th century, contains books I through
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 6
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    9th century, second quarter of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Eusebius of Caesarea, c 263-c 340, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine
    • This remarkable manuscript, created in the 9th century in the Rhineland, contains the text of the four
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 49
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1480
    Language
    Latin
    • Eusebius of Caesarea, c 263-c 340, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine
    • This sumptuous manuscript contains the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea translated by St.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 101
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 2nd third of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • probably the Dominican Monastery of Basel
    • One of the ancient authors best known in the Middle Ages doubtlessly was Cicero.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 76
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    13th century, around the end of the 13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • This manuscript was produced in a Parisian workshop around the end of the 13th century.
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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
    • workshop of the Abbey of St. Martin of Tours (France, Indre-et-Loire) (cf. F. Huot)
    • This manuscript from the second half of the 15th century is a book of hours for use in the Abbey of St
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 52
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript contains the Latin translation of the Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure, prepared
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 32
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • probably the Loire region
    • This 15th century Book of Hours following the custom of Paris also contains a complete biblical Psalter
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 41
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    12th century, third quarter of the 12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • probably the Loire region
    • Hugh of Amiens, archbishop of Rouen (1130-1164), is the author of the two theological treatises, Sur
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 18
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    15th century, 16th century, 15th or 16th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Eusebius of Caesarea, c 263-c 340, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine
    • This manuscript from the 15th or 16th century unites texts by various authors: Isidore of Seville, Jerome
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 91
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century (cf. A. Dufour) or around 1460 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
    Language
    French, Latin
    • probably the Loire region
    • With a beautiful binding à la "Du Seuil", this 15th century manuscript contains the Policraticus (The
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1306-1309
    Language
    Latin
    • probably the Loire region
    • listing the expenditures for the royal household of the French King Philip IV the Fair for the years
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 97
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    16th century, beginning of the 16th century
    Language
    Latin
    • the first of which celebrates the siege of King Ludwig XII of France against the Venetians in 1509.
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 28
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
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    12th century, around 1100
    Language
    Latin
    • This missal, copied in the early 12th century at the Mont-Saint-Michel Priory in the Tarentaise Valley
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 38
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, around 1480
    Language
    Latin
    • This elegant pocket-size book of hours was illuminated in Tours around 1480 by the Maître des camaïeux