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    London. British Library, Add MS 21917
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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
    • 543, d. 615) by Jonas of Bobbio (b. c. 600, d. 659); the life of St Eustace (b. c. 560, d. c. 629); and
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3055
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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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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • contains De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars) by the Roman historian Suetonius (b.c. 69 , d. c. 122) and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E III
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, xno, enm
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    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • England and Netherlands
    • The first part contains the Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Abbreviations of Chronicles) and the Ymagines
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 377
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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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    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr, fl 813-861, astronomer; also known as Alfraganus
    • This manuscript contains a collection of astrological treatises, accompanied by tables and diagrams.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 35180
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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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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Medium and small initials in green or blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, or red with
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2901
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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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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho A VI
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    ang, lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • copy of an Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae in alternating prose and
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 6 C X
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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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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Here some epistles are missing and others have been copied in a different book rather than in the one
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2666
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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 art and
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2905
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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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    • Psalm 109 is also lacking. ff. 190v-215v: Canticles and hymns, beginning: 'Confitebor tibi domine quoniam
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    London. British Library, Add MS 46203
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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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    • Falkner, John Meade, Unspecified, author and antiquary
    • Hornby, Charles Harry St John, Unspecified, printer and collector
    • Winter missal’, so-called because its Temporale begins on Pentecost XIX (the 19th Sunday after Trinity) and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 649
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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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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • This early 12th-century manuscript contains a collection of biblical commentaries and homilies by the
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2674
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc, ang
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Harley, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 337
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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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    • England and Netherlands
    • early 14th century). ff. 32r–53v: Sentences on Scripture, mainly deriving from Origen's Homilies, but also
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 326
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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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    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript contains the Etymologiae (Etymologies), also known as Origenes (Origins), by Isidore
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1772
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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 Epistles of John and the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse.
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 4
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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 Historia offers a retelling of the Old and New Testaments and was a popular work in the later Middle
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius D IV/2
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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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    • John the Deacon of Rome, c 825-c 880, Deacon of Rome; also known as Johannes Hymonides
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3253
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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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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • England and Netherlands
    • 307r, 307v are empty].Decoration:27 large initials in red, blue or green or puzzle initials in red and
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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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    • England and Netherlands
    • first work is his Bestiarius (Bestiary)−the oldest bestiary in French–which he composed between 1121 and