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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-5.1
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    17th century, 21 January 1628
    Language
    French
    • Paris, for the Archdiocese of Bamberg
    • In Malherbe’s opinion, there is no cause for concern: the King of England is no more than a second-rate
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 501
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, 1559
    Language
    Persian
    • For the text he used the Nastaliq script, a calligraphic script widely used for the Persian-Arabic alphabet
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 78
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 14th century (around 1370?)
    Language
    Latin, Italian
    • 14th century parchment manuscript preserves the "Historia destructionis Troiae" by Guido de Columnis for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 188
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, around 1230
    Language
    Latin
    • and tables provided, and the script used (Gothic cursive) indicate that the manuscript was intended for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 10
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Manuscript CB 10 was probably intended for educational use, it contains works of Aristotle, Avicenna,
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, M-45.1
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, undated [1541]
    Language
    Italian
    • Although the painter often was very sparing in his use of paper, for these few lines he used a large
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 22
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, c. 1500
    Language
    Hebrew
    • Early 16th century Esther scroll from Ashkenaz, for private use with intricate floral and animal type
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 20
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    French
    • This work recounts the life of the Constable for Charles V, from his childhood to his death.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 106
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • The two pieces were later also used for numerous clumsy drawings, graffiti and arithmetic exercises.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 3
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • This piece, which has served to pass on its author's name for posterity, is his oldest known surviving
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 93
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, end of the 14th century
    Language
    French
    • work by the Dominican sermonist Jacques de Cessoles, using the game of chess as the allegorical basis for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 74
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    11th century, 1071
    Language
    Latin
    • 1071 by the archpresbyter of the Church of Santa Cecilia in Trastevere; it contains the musical scores for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 111
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    10th century, 10th century (around 970?)
    Language
    Latin
    • The codex also includes diagrams which portray, for example, the Earth and the constellations.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 151
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 1402
    Language
    Bavarian, German
    • On the last page a remedy for the plague is added in Latin in a later hand.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 58
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century
    Language
    Latin
    • At the end of the manuscript is an assortment of formulas for medical preparations.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 165
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    12th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Later the manuscript was owned by Sir Thomas Philipps, from whom Martin Bodmer purchased it for his collection
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 103
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, 14th century, 1378 / second quarter of the 15th century (Wetzel, S. 147) as well as about 1430 (Hayer 1998, S. 160)
    Language
    Bavarian, Latin
    • This part of the manuscript features marginal corrections and glosses (especially for medically relevant
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 136
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of 14th - beginning of 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
    • written in a regular calligraphy, contains many philosophical dialogues, and it served as the basis for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 68
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    9th century, first half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Carolingian reform efforts responded to a desire to regularize religious orders by creating a unified rule for
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 173
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin
    • from (northeastern) France was produced in the 9th century in the region of Paris-Reims and is notable for