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Mediaeval latin mss. in Lund UL, Sweden

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The nucleus of the collection comes from Lund Cathedral. Among the oldest books are the so-called Necrologium Lundense and the Liber daticus Lundensis vetustior, both from the 12th century. Most of the manuscripts are in Latin but there are also texts in Greek, Syriac, Russian, Flemish, German, French, Danish and Swedish.

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