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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3241
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • 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
    • Covel, John, 1638-1722, traveller, botanist and college head
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2729
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • 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
    • Harley, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4967
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • 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
    • Harley, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 263
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • The manuscript also contains several astrononical tracts, including the poems De duodecim mensibus (On
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2900
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    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, Sloane MS 2030
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Sahl ibn Bishr, 787-886, also known as Zahel
    • Masha 'Allah Ibn Athari, 740-815, also known as Messahala
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2725
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Poetica (Art of Poetry), Epodae (Epodes), Carmen Saeculare (Hymn for a New Age), Epistulae (Letters) and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 633
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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
    • D'Ewes, Simonds, 18 Dec 1602-18 Apr 1650, first baronet, diarist and antiquary
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    London. British Library, Add MS 24914
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • This 12th-century theological miscellany was owned and may also have been produced by the Benedictine
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2659
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • England and Netherlands
    • It also contains several works attributed to Seneca, including the Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16963
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • John the Deacon of Rome, c 825-c 880, Deacon of Rome; also known as Johannes Hymonides
    • 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, Harley MS 3145
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • The collection, however, also contains anonymous sermons, and sermons that have been attributed to other
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 104
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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
    • D'Ewes, Simonds, 18 Dec 1602-18 Apr 1650, first baronet, diarist and antiquary
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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
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    lat
    • Lupus of Ferrières, c 805-c 862, Abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Consolatio Philosophiae (The Consolation of Philosophy) of Boethius (b. 480, d. 524) with interlinear and
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 36
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • John the Deacon of Rome, c 825-c 880, Deacon of Rome; also known as Johannes Hymonides
    • Gennadius of Massilia (d. c. 496), priest and historian
    • Its founder, Walter Espec (d. 1153), also founded the nearby-situated Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11983
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A VII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, sga
    • Anselm of Canterbury, c 1033-1109, Saint, Abbot of Bec and Archbishop of Canterbury
    • England and Netherlands
    • was produced in England, probably at Rochester, or Normandy in the last quarter of the 11th century and
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 2
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    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 21914
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Smaragdus of St-Mihiel, (b. c. 760, d. c. 840), abbot and writer
    • manuscript contains the Collectiones in Epistolas et Evangelia (Collections of Readings on the Epistles and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 38645
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, fro
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • collections of blessings: a Benedictional, containing texts for blessing sacerdotal objects, clothes, and