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    London. British Library, Harley MS 633
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 7 C IV
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, ang, enm
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    • Defensor of Ligugé
    • This manuscript contains the Liber scintillarum (Book of Sparks): a florilegium of extracts from the
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius E XVIII
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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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    • extant from England in the period between 975 and 1075 (see Gretsch, The Intellectual Foundations of
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 5 B XV
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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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    • Simeon of Durham OSB
    • Henry of Huntingdon
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
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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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    • Cuthbert of Wearmouth, fl 735, Abbot of Wearmouth
    • 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A V
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    xno, lat
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    • Elias of Evesham OSB
    • This composite manuscript is composed of two parts.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3072
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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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    • Arator, c 500-c 550, Subdeacon of Rome
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • This volume consists of different parts that were bound together at an early period.
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 10
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, frm
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    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • This manuscript contains a Latin copy of the Historia Regum Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of
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    London. British Library, Add MS 23944
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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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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • it served as an exemplar for Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 145 and Salisbury Cathedral MS 138 (see
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius 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, fro
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    • Walcher of Malvern (10..-1135)
    • Abbo of Fleury
    • Helperic of Auxerre, monk of Granval
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 3103
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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
    • Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153
    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, pseudo
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 12 D IV
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Helperic of Auxerre, monk of Granval
    • Contents: This manuscript consists of a calendar followed by computus tables and works related to the
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho B II
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    ang
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    • Alfred, King of England, 849-899
    • This manuscript from the 2nd half of the 10th or early 11th century was written in Old English, most
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C IX
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, xno, eng, ang, enm
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    • Willliam of Malmesbury (collected by)
    • Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141
    • (Deeds of the Kings of England) by William of Malmesbury (b. c. 1090, d. 1142), historian, man of letters
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Galba 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, xno
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    • Nemesius of Emesa, fl 390, Bishop of Emesa
    • Adelard of Bath
    • Henry of Eastry, d 1331
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, enm
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    • Helperic of Auxerre, monk of Granval
    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • of Tewkesbury, 1066-1262 (‘Tewkesbury I’).ff. 63r-69v: A chronicle of Tewkesbury, 1258 to 1263 (‘Tewkesbury
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4967
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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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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • Peter of Blois
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16974
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Marius of Avenches, 532-596, Saint, Bishop of Avenches
    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463
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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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    • 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, Add MS 24193
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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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    • Venantius Fortunatus, c 535-600, Bishop of Poitiers
    • This manuscript contains the collection of poems ( Carmina ) of Venantius Fortunatus (d. after 600),