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    London. British Library, Add MS 15601
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Lupus, of Ferrières, 800-863
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This manuscript contains the Consolatio Philosophiae (The Consolation of Philosophy) of Boethius (b.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho E XIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, bre
    • Patrick, fl 2nd half of the 5th century, Saint
    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • (Caroline minuscule), is indicative of the close connections between the Insular world and Breton scribes
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2992
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 6 A VII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • John, the Deacon of Rome, approximately 824-approximately 882
    • Worcester (Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom)
    • Table of chapters of the second book. ff. 27r-58v: Second book of the Vita Sancti Gregorii Magni . ff
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 4 E IX
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
    • Paris (parts A and B)
    • The format of the manuscript, and the quality of the parchment and decoration, suggest that this manuscript
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16963
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • John, the Deacon of Rome, approximately 824-approximately 882
    • Abbey of Stavelot (Belgium)
    • It contains the life of St Gregory the Great (d. 604) by John the Deacon of Rome, also known as Johannes
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 B XIX
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
    • Lupus, of Ferrières, 800-863
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • A composite manuscript of three separate sections not bound together before the 17th century:Contents
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3707
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Lisiardus Turonensis, fl 1150, Dean of the Cathedral Chapter of Laon
    • Baldric of Bourgueil, c 1046-1130, Archbishop of Dol
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho B II
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    ang
    • Alfred the Great
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • The manuscript contains the Regula Pastoralis (Rule of Pastoral Care) by Pope Gregory the Great (b. c
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    London. British Library, Davis80
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains the Book of Ezekiel with Gloss.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3241
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 2
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    ang, lat
    • Astle, Thomas, b 1735 d 1803, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts
    • Spelman, Henry, 1563/4-1641, historian and antiquary
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
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    London. British Library, Add MS 29276
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • John, the Deacon of Rome, approximately 824-approximately 882
    • This 12th-century lectionary was owned by and almost certainly produced at the Benedictine abbey of Tholey
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    London. British Library, Add MS 38130
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Abbo of Fleury
    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Faustina A V
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, enm, ang
    • Simeon of Durham OSB
    • Richard Rolle of Hampole (attrib.)
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 263
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Helperic of Auxerre, monk of Granval
    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4967
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • 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 633
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
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    London. British Library, Add MS 14250
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • This is the only extant manuscript from the Augustinian priory of Saints Peter and Paul in Plympton.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 104
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron