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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Titus A XXVII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • The manuscript also includes a Latin copy of a letter (c. 1150) attributed to 'Prester John' that survives
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11440
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • This manuscript contains two canon law texts and a tree diagram reflecting consanguinity rules.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3974
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Francorum (History of the Franks) by Aimoin of Fleury (b. c. 960, d. c. 1010), a French chronicler and
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 94
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • This manuscript contains the last books, 15-20, and includes Josephus' De bello Iudaico (The Jewish War
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    London. British Library, Add MS 18043
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • supported the monks of Stavelot in performing their liturgical duties; the Benedictine Rule required them to
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4831
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • collection of works written by Paulinus of Nola (d. 431), including letters, Carmina varia (poems) and
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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, Add MS 22398
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    fre, lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The manuscript includes various other Carolingian legal texts and two short tracts on urine and prognostics.Contents
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4804/1
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
    • the first volume of two separate volumes with continuous foliation: Harley MS 4804/1 (ff. 1-167v), and
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3775
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, heb
    • [ff. 1r, 1v, 9* recto, 9* verso, 127r and 127v are blank].Decoration:Large initials in red, green, yellow
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3895
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • It also includes hymns and prayers, a theological tract, and a commentary on the Song of Songs by Marbod
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2830
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Contents:ff. 1r-3r: The Epistle of St Jerome to Damasus, with an added late 13th-century heading 'Incipit
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    London. British Library, Add MS 34124
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • This manuscript contains the oldest and best copy of the Vita Prima Sanctae Brigidae (The First Life
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3095
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Harley MS 2688, ff. 17–22, which includes a diagram of the winds, hymns, sequences with neumes, a Greek and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero C VII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, enm
    • England and Netherlands
    • abbey of Peterborough.ff. 216r-223v: A short annalistic chronicle.ff. 224r-225v: Rental of Nailsbourne and
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 13 A XXII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • from the Frechulf of Lisieux's Chronicle describing the Ethiopian conquest including Moses's birth, and
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2832
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Contents:This manuscript consists of a collection of canon laws of the Merovingian and Carolingian period
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3083
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • It also includes two other works by Ambrose: De Obitu Theodosii (On the Death of Theodosius I) and De
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 28
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains the Gospel of Mark with interlinear and marginal Gloss.