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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 180
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, early
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • England and Netherlands
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ii.2.4
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Third quarter of the 11th century C.E.
    Language
    Old English
    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • pastorali) was composed in the 590s, shortly after he became pope, as a handbook for his bishops and
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.3.18
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Second half of the 11th century C.E.
    Language
    Old English with Latin
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • The manuscript contains contemporary interlinear and marginal notes in both English and Latin which were
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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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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 20
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 890-897
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3667
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • 'mors' and two human figures holding scrolls with Roman numerals. f. 5r: An Apuleian Sphere, with a
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 12 E XX
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Contents: ff. 1r-32r: A commentary on Hippocrates, Aphorism attributed to Aptalio and based on an early
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho B II
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    ang
    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • English translation of the Regula Pastoralis that King Alfred (b. 849, d. 899) produced in the 890s and
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.5.16
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    mid-late 730s C.E.
    Language
    Latin, Old English
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • chapter headings are also rubricated, and longer quotations are marked out with horizontal red bars
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius E XVIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • St Swithun, also known as the Old Minster (see Ker, Medieval Libraries (1964), pp. 103, 200).
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C I
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 176
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1574
    Language
    lat, ang
    • Summary: CCCC "MS" 176 consists of three printed books bound together and, although
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 12
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1000 - 1099
    Language
    ang, lat
    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Alfred arranged for translations to be made of the texts "most necessary for men to know", and this work
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 863
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • This manuscript contains a Psalter (ff. 8r-123v) that was written by scribes who also produced manuscripts
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 144
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    0700 - 0799
    Language
    lat, ang
    • , CCCC MS 144, written in the early ninth century, is an early witness to the Old English language, and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho A VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    ang, lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • copy of an Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae in alternating prose and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2674
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc, ang
    • 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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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Hatton 114
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    11th century
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
    • Worcester (Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom)
    • See also MS. Hatton 113.
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    Oxford. St. John's College, MS 154
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. St. John's College
    Date
    1000–1100
    Language
    Latin, English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
    • England and Netherlands
    • , possibly the first vernacular grammar of the language, together with his Glossary of Latin terms, and