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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
    • 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
    • Chamberlayne, John, 1668-1723, translator and literary editor
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A II
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15732
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, fre
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of Britain') by Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154/55), bishop of St Asaph and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2688
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The manuscript is a composite miscellany made of five texts of different dates and origins (ff. 1-16;
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 10
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, frm
    • Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of Britain') by Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154/55), bishop of St Asaph and
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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)
    • histories by the historians Socrates Scholasticus (b. c. 380; d. c. 440), Sozomen (b. c. 400, d. c. 450), and
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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
    Language
    lat
    • An antidotarium and various medical recipes, with some prayers and texts on musical theory.
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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
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • ff. 48r-193v: John Cassian, Collationes (Collations) , preceded by a list of the collations (f. 48r) and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11849
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Decoration:6 full page borders with foliate and geometrical decoration in colours and gold, with display
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16984
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Herennium (Rhetoric for Herennius) is anonymous, though it was attributed to Cicero during the Middle Ages and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11440
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • This manuscript contains two canon law texts and a tree diagram reflecting consanguinity rules.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • .; they were removed in 1931 and are now stored separately as Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3904
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Initials in red or brown with some penwork decoration, including dots, lines, simple spiralling extensions and