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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 136
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of 14th - beginning of 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • An exceptional testimony of the "Renaissance" that rediscovered Platonism, as opposed to the medieval
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 139
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century (about 1460-1470?)
    Language
    Latin
    • The humanistic script is the work of a single scribe, with large golden initials and "bianchi girari"
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 163
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, second half of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • This elegant codex, written in humanist cursive, contains the Elegiae by the Latin elegiac poet Tibullus
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 184
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 15th century, around 1482-1485
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • A luxurious copy of the Life of Aesop, part historical and part legendary, that was compiled around 1300
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 141
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1466
    Language
    Latin
    • The manuscript belonged to Antonello Petrucci d’Aversa († 1487), who was active in the Aragonese chancery
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 46
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    e-codices
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, 16th century (ca. 1513-1521)
    Language
    Latin
    • The Medici coat of arms can be found in the middle of the original binding’s cover, in a rich frieze