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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 490
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    • possibly Roman, source it provides evidence of English influence as several decretals are addressed to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16414
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    • Contents: ff. 1r-v: Pseudo-Castor of Apt, Epistula ad Cassianum (Epistle to Cassian). ff. 2r-47r: John
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    London. British Library, Add MS 19961
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    • ff. 1v-215v: Cassiodorus-Epiphanius, Historia Ecclesiastica Tripartita , Books I-XII, imperfect due to
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4904
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    • The initial to Psalm 40 has been removed (f. 144r).
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    London. British Library, Add MS 17739
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    • Contents:ff. 1r-8v: The Eusebian Canon tables. ff. 9r-11r: Hieronymus, Epistula ad Damasum Papam (Epistle to
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 B XII
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    • Decoration: Initials in brown, some with penwork decoration in the same colour.Quire signatures (from f. 26v to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 26761
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    • large initials in blue or red with arabesque motifs in the same colours, 2 with pink or yellow added to
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VII
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    • It ends imperfectly, in the middle of the account of the journey to Emmaus.
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 317
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    • The first homily, imperfect at the beginning due to missing leaves, begins (f. 4r): 'vidisset misit ad
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 153
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    • York.The manuscript contains a later addition:f. 1r: Early modern table of contents listed according to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 34124
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    • in such an early stage can be explained by the fact that missionary Irish monks had been travelling to
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 173
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    • on penitence, from Fulbert of Chartres and others. ff. 149r-151v: The papal bull of Pope Alexander to
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 6 C VI
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    • opera inconsulte temerare presumat'.Decoration: The decoration of the main part (ff. 6-258) is related to
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1580
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    • Adriani Imperatoris Secundo philosopho in silencio philosophantis (Questions of the Emperor Hadrian to
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 157
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    • The manuscript also contains the ‘Psalter of the Virgin Mary’ that has been attributed to St Anselm (
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 865
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    • contents. ff. 1r-4v: Ambrose (b. c. 339, d. 397), De Mysteriis (On Mysteries), beginning imperfectly due to
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2652
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    • Inter Platonis et Ciceronis libros quos de re publica’. f. 61r: An accessus ad auctorem introduction to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 21914
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    • The work contains biblical lections with commentaries from patristic sources organised to the liturgical
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1777
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    • The play was attributed to Plautus in the Middle Ages. ff. 86v-100v: A compilation of theological works
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3974
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    • It is thought to have been produced for Henri I (b. 1127, d. 1181), Count of Champagne, since it was