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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C VI
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • half of the 11th century in France (ex. info Michael Gullick), contains a collection of historical and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E V
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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
    • Contents: ff. 1v-2v: Notitia Regionum et Provinciarum ( Names of Regions and Provinces), beginning: '
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 12 E XX
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Contents: ff. 1r-32r: A commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorism attributed to Aptalio and based on an early
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho D VIII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Wrdisten, fl 2nd half of the 9th century, Abbot of Landévennec Abbey, also known as Vurdestinus
    • Haiminus of Saint-Vaast, fl 1st half of the 9th century, also known as Haiminus Atrebatensis
    • John the Deacon of Rome, c 825-c 880, Deacon of Rome; also known as Johannes Hymonides
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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, 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, 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 337
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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
    • early 14th century). ff. 32r–53v: Sentences on Scripture, mainly deriving from Origen's Homilies, but also
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Appendix LVI
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Worcester (Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom)
    • England and Netherlands
    • -111; f. 112; f. 113; ff. 114-122) that were most likely produced at different locations in England and
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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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    • manuscript contains the Liber scintillarum (Book of Sparks): a florilegium of extracts from the Bible and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3908
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • This manuscript consists mainly of texts written in the 1st half of the 12th century (ff. 1r-100r), and
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 155
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • The text on ff. 2r-135r, 171r-190v was copied by Eadwig (also spelled 'Eadui') Basan, a monk of Christ
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3020
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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
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • . ff. 73r-77r: Passio Sancte Felicitatis cum septem filiis suis (Passion of Saint Felicitas of Rome and
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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
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    • manuscript contains three parts that were produced in the same style in the late 12th or early 13th century and
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 B XIX
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Lupus of Ferrières, c 805-c 862, Abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • separate sections not bound together before the 17th century:Contents:ff. 1r-35v: Poems of Sedulius and
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 5 B XV
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    London. British Library
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    • It also includes readings from the miracles of St Liudhard (d. c. 603), bishop and chaplain to Queen
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 7 E VI
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    • England and Netherlands
    • ) contains a martyrology with local addition for the Benedictine abbey of Christ Church, Canterbury and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • period.Contents: ff. 4r-37v: an illustrated copy of Prudentius's Psychomachia with titles for the illustrations and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A XV
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    • England and Netherlands
    • originally separate items, now bound together.Contents:ff. 1r-173v: A letterbook including letters by Alcuin and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero C VII
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    • England and Netherlands
    • abbey of Peterborough.ff. 216r-223v: A short annalistic chronicle.ff. 224r-225v: Rental of Nailsbourne and