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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1621
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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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    • Si quis ad pedum dolorem implicitus fuerit'.ff. 53r-55r: Addition by a 12th-century hand of recipes for
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 2839
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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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    • These include scholastic texts from Late Antiquity that were used for education at the school of medicine
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15304
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • margins preceding the Gospels, in red, blue and green, containing the Evangelists symbols: a winged man for
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 4 D II
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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 fourth volume that would have included the gloss for St Luke is missing.Contents: ff. 1r-62r: Gospel
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2830
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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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    • inhabited initials in colours at the beginning of each Gospel: 'L'(iber) with a dragon swallowing a man for
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16414
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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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    • Debitum quod beatissimo pape Castori in eorum voluminum prefatione promissum est'; followed by capitula for
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    London. British Library, Add MS 27920
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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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    • Sanctorale (ff. 103v-159r); ending with the response 'Inclinans faciem meam', followed by an added antiphon for
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    London. British Library, Add MS 26866
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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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    • Decoration:Large framed 'B' for 'Beatus' initial with interlaces and floral details (f. 2r).
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3534
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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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    • glosses, beginning: ‘Ibis Liburnis inter alta navium’. ff. 45r-46r: Horace, Carmen saeculare (Hymn for
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 549
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Rubrics and letters following the zoomorphic initial (f. 1v) in red. 1 diagram (multiplication table for
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11853
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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 text has been written in two columns, which was the standard layout for Gilbert’s Glosses from about
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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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    • originates from France, but was in England by the late 11th century, when it served as an exemplar for
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2832
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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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    • Recapitulatio Solidorum, elaborated around 802-806 at the court of Charles the Great, it stated sums to pay for
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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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    • Inventione (On Invention) was written by Cicero in his youth; the Rhetorica ad Herennium (Rhetoric for
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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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    • Contents:ff. 2r-8v: A table of contents for the compilation, imperfect.ff. 9r-27v: Excerpts from Pope
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4984
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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 manuscript was written for a monastic audience, as is indicated by a contemporary marginal inscription