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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2900
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • medical manual in Arabic, entitled Kitab Zad al-musafir wa-qut al-hadir (Provision for the Traveller and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3079
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 5237
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Several parts are missing due to the loss of some leaves and quires.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15732
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, fre
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • kings of Britain; it opens with a legend that tells of how Brutus, a descendant of Aeneas, travelled to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15602
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The Institutions of the Canons of Aachen), the resolutions of the Council of Aachen of 816 pertaining to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 19961
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Theodoret (b. 393, d. 458), that were compiled by Cassiodorus (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), and, under his
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3055
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • 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, Harley MS 1700
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • in interlinear and marginal glosses.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 402
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3072
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Verb), which is is dated to the first half of the 10th-century.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Domitian A XII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This composite manuscript contains three parts that were produced in different places and periods of
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3707
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Jerusalem) by Baudri de Bourgueil (b. c. 1050, d. 1130), abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Bourgueil and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3904
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere (The History of the Journey to
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 658
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • contains a miscellany of study aids for the Bible, bound together with a collection of scientific, poetic and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2608
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Contents: ff. 2r-110r: Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais , with marginal and interlinear glosses, preceded
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11983
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript from c. 1100 contains a collection of works by and related to Seneca the Younger (b.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2652
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The volume was owned and annotated by the German humanist Nicholas of Cusa (b. 1401, d. 1464).
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 17
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • It contains the Book of Proverbs and the Book of Ecclesiastes with marginal and interlinear glosses.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3213
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains a compilation of several commentaries on the Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2700
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Parts of the original text are missing and have been supplemented by an anonymous 15th-century scribe