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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4984
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Chamberlayne, John, 1668-1723, translator and literary editor
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    London. British Library, Add MS 36668
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Added corrections, punctuation, marginal notation, practice alphabets, and marginal outline drawings
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3097
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Folcard of Saint-Bertin, fl 1066, Monk of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer, Christ Church in Canterbury, and
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • a commentary on the Book of Daniel by St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 419/420), followed by saints’ lives and
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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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    • Contents: ff. 1r-229v: A Psalter with interlinear and marginal glosses from the Parva Glosatura (Minor
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3667
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, ang
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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • 'mors' and two human figures holding scrolls with Roman numerals. f. 5r: An Apuleian Sphere, with a
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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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    lat
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    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • half of the 11th century in France (ex. info Michael Gullick), contains a collection of historical and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 4899
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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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    • Hoby, Edward, 1560-1617, politician and diplomat
    • England and Netherlands
    • selection of the Sermones (Sermons) by Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153), abbot of Clairvaux and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3027
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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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    • Pseudo-Eusebius of Emesa, Unspecified, also known as 'Eusebius Gallicanus'
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • This 12th-century English manuscript contains a collection of sermons, and theological writings by and
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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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    • Edward I, 1239-1307, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
    • England and Netherlands
    • This English manuscript contains a number of legal texts from the 12th and the 14th centuries.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 402
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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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    • Miltiades, d 314, Saint, Pope, also known as 'Melchiades the African'
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 146
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    enm, lat, xno
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    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript with medical and botanical texts was largely written in the 13th century, but also include
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    London. British Library, Add MS 33241
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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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    • England and Netherlands
    • account praising Emma (d. 1052), the second consort of both Æthelred II (d. 1016), king of England, and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A II
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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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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 98
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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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    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • volume of a two volume-set containing the entire text of the Historia naturalis (see Reynolds, Text and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3034
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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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    • Candidus Wizo, fl 793-802, also known as Candidus Witto
    • beginning: 'Scire debetis fratres dilectissimi, causam presentis sollemnitatis'; sermon on the Trinity and
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 13 A XI
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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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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2736
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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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    • Lupus of Ferrières, c 805-c 862, Abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
    • This volume also includes slightly later additions written by several 10th-century hands (ff. 106v-109v
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    London. British Library, Add MS 40007
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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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    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • This manuscript consists of letters and historical works written by Ralph of Diceto (d. 1199/1200), chronicler
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, ang
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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E V
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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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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Contents: ff. 1v-2v: Notitia Regionum et Provinciarum ( Names of Regions and Provinces), beginning: '