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    London. British Library, Royal MS 13 A XXII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Lisieux's Chronicle describing the Ethiopian conquest including Moses's birth, and a poem relating to
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 234
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Gospel of John with commentary by Church Fathers and medieval authorities ( Glossa Ordinaria ) added to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15732
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, fre
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    • kings of Britain; it opens with a legend that tells of how Brutus, a descendant of Aeneas, travelled to
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII
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    London. British Library
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    • The second part (ff. 17r-166v), is the only extant witness to the letters of Osbert of Clare (d. after
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    London. British Library, Add MS 22820
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • This leaves no doubt that the manuscript was written during his abbacy from 956 to 992, and makes it
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    London. British Library, Add MS 24066
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, xno
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    • Contents: ff. 5r-73v: Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Regum Angliae commonly attributed to Ranulf
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho E XIII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • The synod referred to is clear from the specific canons and the mention of Pope Gregory II (r. 715-731
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    London. British Library, Add MS 26866
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • interlinear and marginal glosses from the Parva Glosatura (Minor Glosses) on the Psalms commonly attributed to
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C VI
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • It contains various documents (obituaries and confraternity agreements) related to Christ Church, and
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    London. British Library, Davis80
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    London. British Library
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    • The manuscript, according to Julian Harrison (unpublished note, see 'Davis80', Database of Bookbindings
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    London. British Library, Add MS 38818
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • re militari ;Justinian, Institutiones (extracts). ff. 136-190: Indices of words and concepts related to
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 57
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, heb, ang, grc, fro
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    • Ufford (fl. c. 1154) and entitled 'Scutum Bede Collectivus Gaufridi de Ufford' (f. 1r); this appears to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 17808
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • The manuscript is an important witness to the fact that Arabic science had already permeated Western
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Titus D XVI
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • 70r-111r: Altercatio Ecclesie contra Synagogam. ff. 113r-128r: Vita Afrae Metrice, usually attributed to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 18032
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • ff. 227r-231r: Benedictions, beginning with the benediction of pouches and staff, which is related to
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 216
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • a list of words, lettered A-Z (f. 100v). ff. 100v-103v: Peter Abelard, Carmen ad Astralabium (Chant to
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 217
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • This is also one of the earliest manuscripts to include Hrabanus Maurus (b. c. 784 d. c. 856)'s revision
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 348
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Cicero, De Inventione (On Invention) . ff. 51v-101v: Pseudo-Cicero, Rhetorica ad Herennium (The Rhetoric to
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian E III
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • The fourth part (ff. 117-170) contains the Admonitio ad Filium Spiritualem (Admonition to a Spiritual
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1918
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    London. British Library
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    • Bede (attributed to)