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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 46
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, 16th century (ca. 1513-1521)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Libri, Guglielmo, Unspecified, Count, of Add MS 38128
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Apollinaris Sidonius, Gaius Sollius Modestus, c 430-c 487, Saint, Bishop of Clermont-Ferrand
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. G. 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Phalaris, Tyrant of Agrigentum, 6th cent. B.C.
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Start of text. White vine-stem border with bird, butterfly and coat of arms with ox head.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 139
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (about 1460-1470?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Millar, Eric George, 1887-1966, DLitt, Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum
    • Beatty, Alfred Chester, Unspecified, of Add MS 43460
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 298
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1410 (?)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 141
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1466
    Language
    Latin
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    • Goldschmidt, Ernst Philip, Unspecified, of Add MS 41997
    • Mantua and Florence
    • The manuscript belonged to Antonello Petrucci d’Aversa († 1487), who was active in the Aragonese chancery
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 214
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • The manuscript is not dated, but the putti and naturalistic birds in the superb flower border on f.1
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1559
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    15. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Pliny, the Elder
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Mantua and Florence
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Comites Latentes 54
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1470-1480
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Its rich and elegant illumination is due to the close circle of the most famous florentine miniaturist
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 69
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1465
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • and of his book-collector tutor János Vitéz, the Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 138
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1458
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • The very skilful vine-stem border, with putti, birds, and butterflies, is by an unnamed illuminator who
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 310
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    um 1465
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • and of his book-collector tutor János Vitéz, Archbishop of Esztergom, Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 99
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century (cf. H. Aubert and A. Dufour) or around 1478-1480 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • At the request of his friend Othman Lillo Ferducci of Ancona, Gian Mario Filelfo composed the Amyris
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Buchanan g. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, late
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Text: Matins (Hours of the Virgin).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 289
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1465-1475
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • White vine-stem interlace border enclosing the text on three sides and continuing into initial O(mnis
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 850
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    15th century, around 1440
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Ends of Good and Evil”), pp. 249–344 De natura deorum (“On the Nature of the Gods”) and pp. pp. 345–
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 163
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • at the end of the 14th century.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 231
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Piero Strozzi, a Florentine priest who copied a great many manuscripts (mostly unsigned) between 1443 and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Finch g. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Text: Matins (Hours of the Virgin). Historiated initial 'D(OMINE)' with Virgin and Child.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Bibl. Lat. 63
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1420-1430
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Ex-libris of the Badia of Florence.The vine-stem initial is here shaded in green.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. D’Orville 87
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Note the pale background colours of the border and the rather crudely drawn putti.