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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3061
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript contains theological texts and sermons mainly focusing on the Eucharist.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • England and Netherlands
    • known as the Cotton Troper or the Caligula Troper) made in the mid-11th century. ff. 37r-92v: A Troper and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang, eng, xno, grc
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • England and Netherlands
    • The leaves formerly numbered Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff. 2r-v and 142r-v are cuttings from a Psalter
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    London. British Library, Add MS 38818
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Vegetius Renatus, De re militari ;Justinian, Institutiones (extracts). ff. 136-190: Indices of words and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • This composite manuscript contains two parts that were produced at separate locations in England and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1918
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • 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, Cotton MS Tiberius C III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Decoration:One large initial 'A' for 'Agmen', with penwork decoration and foliate motifs in red, blue
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    London. British Library, Add MS 14252
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    enm, lat, xno
    • Add MS 14252 mainly contains law texts related to England and the ‘Commune of London’: a corporation
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    London. British Library, Add MS 35283
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • A bilingual Psalter, with canticles and liturgical texts; the Latin text is in the left column with a
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16606
    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
    • suscipite’. ff. 94v-98r: Ephraim the Syrian, De Iudicio Dei et Resurrection (On the Judgment of God and
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    London. British Library, Yates Thompson MS 17
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • Decoration: Eight large and smaller decorated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2r, 4v, 42v, 75r, 76r
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 1067
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • from Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636)'s Etymologies (Etymologies) (see McCulloch, Medieval Latin and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 628
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • [ff. 241v, 242r, and 242v are empty].
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    London. British Library, Add MS 35110
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • 96v: Extracts from Anonymous, Excerpta de vita et miraculis Sancti Cuthberti (Excerpts from the Life and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 225
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, fro
    • England and Netherlands
    • Decoration:One large initial in blue, with light brown, red and green (f. 3r).
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    London. British Library, Add MS 34209
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • This 12th-century Gradual and Antiphonal is thought to contain one of the earliest surviving redactions
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4927
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 106 BC, d. 43 BC)’s orations, his treatises on friendship ( De amicitia ) and
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 56
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Excidio Troiae Historia (The History of the Fall of Troy), authorship attributed to Dares Phrygius and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 27920
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • At least one quire is lacking between f. 127 and f. 128.Decoration:Large initials with zoomorphic and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 5237
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Several parts are missing due to the loss of some leaves and quires.