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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 62
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • The manuscript’s initials in three colours and motifs are characteristic of initial decoration at Yorkshire
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho C 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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    • The Gospels of St Luke and St John are contained in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College MS 197B and possibly
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 8 E IV
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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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    • The texts are largely corrupted and abridged.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C I
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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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    • Plinius Secundus Maior, Caius (23/24-79 na Chr)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2700
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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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    • Parts of the original text are missing and have been supplemented by an anonymous 15th-century scribe
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2782
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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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    • [ff. 125r-125v are blank].Decoration:2 large initials in red with red and blue or green pen-work decoration
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3073
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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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    • all the texts of the manuscript although only 19 sermons (ff. 4r-60v) and the offices (ff. 108r-140v) are
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4070
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • [ff. i recto, i verso, 1r, 1v, 123v, 124r, 124v are blank].Decoration: Large and small initials in green
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero C 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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    • [ff. 4r, 159v, 281v, 283v, 284r, 284v, 285r, 285v are blank].Decoration: See Cotton MS Nero C V, ff 3
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3061
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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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    • This manuscript contains theological texts and sermons mainly focusing on the Eucharist.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 63077
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • The glosses are that of the Glossa Salomonis (Salomo's Gloss), a commentary on the Book of Genesis, attributed
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3680
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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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    • convertit et baptizavit’. ff. 177v: Catalogus sanctorum qui in Anglia requiescunt (Catalogue of Saints who are
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    London. British Library, Lansdowne MS 420
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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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    • Of special interest are the manuscript’s decorated initials and many marginal decorations that contain
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    London. British Library, Add MS 10459
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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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    • Both are works of religious instruction, particularly aimed at clerical authorities and kings.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 8873
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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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    • The second Varia section deals with historical material linked to Frankish affairs such as the disputed
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2991
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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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    • This manuscript and Harley MS 2992 are companion volumes; Harley MS 2992, which is the continuation of
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16984
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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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    • Although they were composed by different authors, the two rhetorical works are closely related.
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3314
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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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    • The names of the saints are entered only until the end of February.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 31031
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Some rubrics are in red and green. The initial and rubric of f. 78v remain uncoloured.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 33241
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • The two copies are largely the same, except for their endings (see Bolton, 'A Newly Emergent Mediaeval