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    London. British Library, Add MS 26761
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains part of the commentary on the Gospel of Matthew by the Church Father
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    London. British Library, Add MS 25014
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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, Saint, 673-735
    • Cuthbert of Wearmouth, fl 735, Abbot of Wearmouth
    • work ends with the last paragraph of the preface (f. 117r): 'apud omnes fructum piae intercessionis
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    London. British Library, Add MS 24144
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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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    • Abbey of Stavelot (Belgium)
    • This is a collection of fragments of a copy of the Historiae Adversus Paganos (History Against the Pagans
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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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    lat, grc
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • White, Henry, Unspecified, FSA; of Add MS 36668
    • (such as the lion in the bottom margin on f. 109r) suggest that it was well used by both novices and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11853
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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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    • Gilbert of Poitiers, c 1075-1154, Bishop of Poitiers
    • c. 1080, d. 1154), biblical commentator and theologian, bishop of Poitiers (f. 193r: ‘Expliciunt Glosæ
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    London. British Library, Add MS 18031
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Abbey of Stavelot (Belgium)
    • of the Cross with litanies and neumes. f. 2r: A liturgical responsory chant with neumes, 'Orietur stella
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4904
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • This manuscript contains the Enarrationes in Psalmos (Commentary on the Psalms) by the Church Father
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 241
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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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    • Vigilius of Thapsus, fl 484, Bishop of Thapsus
    • Eusebius of Vercelli, c 283-371, Saint, Bishop of Vercelli
    • Pseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria, Unspecified
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15350
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    ang, lat
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    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • , a collection of charters pertaining to the cathedral priory of Winchester (Old Minster) written in
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2637
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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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    • Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, fl. 809-819
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Helisachar of Saint-Riquier, d 833
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 7 D 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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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • on the divisions of philosophy, including three different systems of classification, beginning with
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3509
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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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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • England and Netherlands
    • This scholarly manuscript contains three texts concerning the art of rhetoric.
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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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    lat
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    • Paul, the Deacon, ca. 720-799?
    • Frechulf of Lisieux
    • Contents: This manuscript consists of the Historia Langobardorum (History of the Lombards) by Paul the
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 873
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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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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • The Prologue of St Jerome's commentary on St Matthew. ff. 4r-6r: Pseudo-Jerome, Epistula Hieronymi ad
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 153
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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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    • Gale, Thomas, Unspecified, DD; Dean of York 1697
    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript contains extracts from the Domesday Book, mainly concerning counties in the South-West
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 2839
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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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    • England and Netherlands
    • The compiler of the Tereoperica has relied on various sources.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 652
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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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    • Goscelin of Saint-Bertin
    • Alan of Farfa, d 769, Abbot of Farfa
    • a homiliary with 119 sermons for the period between Holy Saturday and the fourth Sunday after Epiphany
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2795
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • Sanctum Mattheum (The Gospel of St Matthew), including lections in the margins. ff. 75r-78r: Prefatio
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2831
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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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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This manuscript is thought to date from before Alcuin's arrival at the abbey of Marmoutiers (or Saint-Martin
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3776
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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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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This manuscript contains the first six books of St Jerome's (b. 347, d. 420) commentaries on the Book