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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Buchanan d. 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1455
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • identifiable as Ser Giovanni da Stia, a Florentine notary who copied many dated manuscripts between about 1429 and
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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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    • Plinius Secundus, Caius, 23-79, also known as Pliny the Elder
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 310
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    Florenz um 1465
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • PergamentAbstract:Englische Version: Under the influence of Italian humanism and
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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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    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Mantua and Florence
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Auct. F. 1. 12
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1459
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • De officiis, and other philosophical works.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Liturg. 347
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, end (after 1476)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Manual of offices and constitutions.
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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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    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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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Mantua and Florence
    • volume produced in 1420 in Florence is among the earliest manuscripts written in Humanist minuscule, and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. misc. d. 85
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Epigraphical and archaeological collections including copies of drawings by Ciriaco d'Ancona ('Codex
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    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 4801
    Collection
    Gallica (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
    Library
    Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits
    Date
    XVe s. (vers 1450-1460, puis vers 1470-1471), XVIe s. (entre 1508 et 1512) (ff. 2, 73-74)
    Language
    latin
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    • Borso d'Este Duke of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio (1413-1471)
    • Mantua and Florence
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    Vatican. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, Pal.lat.1672
    Collection
    Heidelberg University Library, Bibliotheca Palatina
    Library
    Vatikan, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
    Date
    15. Jh.
    Language
    lat
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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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
    • Historiated initial 'D(omine) with Virgin and Child, bust length.
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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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    • Mantua and Florence
    • White vine-stem border with bird, butterfly and coat of arms with ox head.Humanistic script.
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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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    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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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 69
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    Florenz um 1465
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • PergamentAbstract:Englische Version: Under the influence of Italian humanism 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
    • Historiated initial 'D(OMINE)' with Virgin and Child. Decorated initial with penwork flourishing.
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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. Canon. Misc. 148
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Illumination attributed to the school of Gherardo and Monte di Giovanni di Miniato (del Fora).
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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
    • bianchi girari” ornamentation, had it bound in Urbino with a very beautiful Italian Renaissance binding, and