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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3008
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains two theological works by St Augustine of Hippo and a work concerning the miracles
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2688
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The manuscript is a composite miscellany made of five texts of different dates and origins (ff. 1-16;
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3079
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3020
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • . ff. 73r-77r: Passio Sancte Felicitatis cum septem filiis suis (Passion of Saint Felicitas of Rome and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 26760
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Decoration:One large decorated initial 'P'(refacionem) with interlace, floriated motifs and zoomorphic
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 157
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • The manuscript also contains the ‘Psalter of the Virgin Mary’ that has been attributed to St Anselm (
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C IX
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, xno, eng, ang, enm
    • Worcester (Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom)
    • England and Netherlands
    • composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately in England during the 12th and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    osx, lat, ang, xno
    • England and Netherlands
    • There are two unfoliated leaves between ff. 1 and 2. f. 2: early modern table of contents. ff. 3-10,
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    London. British Library, Add MS 63077
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Salomo III Ranschwag, d 919, Bishop of Constance and Abbot of St Gall
    • commentary on the Book of Genesis, attributed to Salomo III Ranschwag (b. 890, d. 922), Bishop of Constance and
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 230
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • England and Netherlands
    • parts (ff. 1-6; ff. 7-161; ff. 162-180; ff. 181-194) that were produced in England during the 12th and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 18043
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • It also contains songs for the liturgy (canticles), a litany of saints, including St Remaclus, the founder
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 155
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • The text on ff. 2r-135r, 171r-190v was copied by Eadwig (also spelled 'Eadui') Basan, a monk of Christ
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 340
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • In 1638 the manuscript was transferred to the Benedictine abbey of St-Germain-des-Prés in Paris and,
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    London. British Library, Add MS 31031
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Decoration:At the opening of each part: a decorated initial with zoomorphic motifs in green, brown and
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 B XIX
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
    • Lupus of Ferrières, c 805-c 862, Abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • separate sections not bound together before the 17th century:Contents:ff. 1r-35v: Poems of Sedulius and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 19961
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • histories by the historians Socrates Scholasticus (b. c. 380; d. c. 440), Sozomen (b. c. 400, d. c. 450), and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 19725
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Unidentified sermons, beginning 'Cum igitur fere in omnibus paginis '. ff. 5r-30r: Martyrology (imperfect) and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 22278
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • 122r: St Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah, Books 11-18.Decoration:8 large initials with pen-work in red and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 62122
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc, enm
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This is one of the few manuscripts to survive from the Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Rumon
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 1 A XVIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • by a preface (ff. 12r-13r). ff. 66r-99r: The Gospel of St Mark, preceded by a preface (ff. 66r-67r) and