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    London. British Library, Add MS 38130
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1777
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • England and Netherlands
    • number of Thomas Becket (d. 1170)'s Epistulae (Letters), the 5th-century play Querolus (The Complainer), and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 48984
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Hanmer, Job Walden, 1717-1783, 1st Baronet, lawyer and politician
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 8 E IV
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    London. British Library
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Contents: This manuscript contains the Epistles of Ennodius (d. 521) from book 1 to 9 and some extracts
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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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    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2818
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • The Passion of St Thomas Becket was composed by John of Salisbury between 1173 and 1176 and the Passion
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    London. British Library, Add MS 38817
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • of heaven and hell: the Vision of Wetti, Vision of Barontus, and Vision of Orm.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 54229
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Hornby, Charles Harry St John, Unspecified, printer and collector
    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • Psalm 29 (‘Exaltabo te’) also appears to have been illustrated, since its opening has been removed as
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1580
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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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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B II
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • England and Netherlands
    • The first part was written in the late 11th century-early 12th century (after 1097) and contains the
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16964
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • separately at the Benedictine abbey of Stavelot (Wallonia) in the last quarter of the 12 th century and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15219
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • The manuscript contains two works on sacred places by Pseudo-Antoninus of Piacenza also known as the
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 863
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    London. British Library
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    • This manuscript contains a Psalter (ff. 8r-123v) that was written by scribes who also produced manuscripts
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    London. British Library, Add MS 22719
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • treatise Pantegni (The Book of Medical Arts) by Constantine the African (b. c. 1015, d. 1087), physician and
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 213
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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
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4978
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • It also includes excerpts from St Jerome's commentary on Ezekiel and St Ambrose (b. c. 339, d. 397)'s
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 105
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • and the translation of their relics written by Goscelin of St Bertin.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2763
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The volume also includes Idyllium (Idyll)20 by the poet Ausonius (d. c. 395),added in a contemporary
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 475
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, fro, xno
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
    • bound together at an unknown period, both containing medical recipes, charms, various medical treatises and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15722
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Abū Ma'shar, c 787-c 886, astrologer, astronomer; also known as Albumasar
    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • commentary on the penitential Psalms (ff. 1r-35r), dated to 1142 (f. 35r: ‘·c us ·xl us ·ii us ’), and