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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 24
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Note: Origin: Possibly from the shop of the Florentine humanist and bookseller
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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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    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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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 97 B
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Translation from the Greek and continued by Jerome. - (ff. 107r-110v) Contains the part of the chronicle
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 54
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, northern part ; Florence, 15th century, first half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Origin and date: According to Gumbert 1996.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 136
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    14th century, 15th century, end of 14th - beginning of 15th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • based on Aristotle, CB 136 was copied by the hand of the great Florentine humanist Leonardo Bruni, also
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Hebrew MS 8
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    1460-1470
    Language
    heb
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    • Bernard Quaritch (1819-1899), bookseller and publisher
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • Mantua and Florence
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 130 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, 1472
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Content: Preceded by an alphabetical index and (excerpts from) two introductory
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    Leiden. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 38 C
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294Description (Gumbert 2009): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3161419Also
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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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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 160 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, 1478-1480
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Florentine scholar Ficino had this copy specially made for Bembo, who stayed in Florence between 1478 and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, BPL 27
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula ; Florence, 15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Also contains the so-called 8th book by Aulus Hirtius. - (ff. 84r-139v) De bello Civili / Julius Caesar
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Reggio 23
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1478–1504
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Mantua and Florence
    • Extracts from philosophical and kabbalistic works and novellae
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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
    • PergamentAbstract:Englische Version: Under the influence of Italian humanism and
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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. 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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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Ital. 187
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, first quarter
    Language
    Italian
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    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Mantua and Florence
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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