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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 2030
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Aristotle (attributed to)
    • Pliny the Elder (b. 23, d. 79), author, naturalist and natural philosopher
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.25.5
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Fourteenth century C.E.
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • chronicles the kings of the Britons from the foundation of the kingdom of Britain by the Trojan Brutus to
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 334
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, around 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. c. 1160), theologian and Bishop of Paris
    • On the spine label and on p. 1/2, it is falsely attributed to Pierre de Tarentaise (later Pope Innocent
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 533
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw; ca. 1126-ca. 1150
    Language
    Latin
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    • Books I-XVI deal with sounds, word-formation and inflexions, while books XVII-XVIII discuss syntax.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 110
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin, Alemannic, German
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Gall copy of the commentary of Jerome on the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes and the commentary of
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 18128
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    3. Viertel 11. Jahrhundert
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • The two figures standing next to him, each holding a scroll, can be identified as his disciples Timothy
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 33
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1225
    Language
    lat
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    • Summary: CCCC MS 33, dating to the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, is a
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 A XVI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Numerous Latin glosses and two Old English glosses (ff. 73, 76v).
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15600
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • (Satires) by the Roman poet Decimus Junius Juvenal (b. c. 50, d. after 127), together with marginal and
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    Bern. Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 611
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Bern. Burgerbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 5th century, 7th century, 8th century (Palimpsests 5th and 7th century)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2992
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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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, 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 3250
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Contents:ff. 1r-193r: Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, with a table of contents (ff. 1r-1v) and prologue
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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
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    • The manuscript was damaged in the Ashburnham House fire of 1731 and the leaves are illegible in some
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55 bis
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    18th century, 1720-1742
    Language
    Latin
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    • Over time, the wax turned black and hard, which makes it harder to read.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian A XV
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Contents: ff. 2r-130v: A compilation of canonical texts, false decretals and extracts from papal and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 127
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 1455
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Decorated initial 'Q(uoniam)' with floral and foliated motifs.Related to the Lombard style.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 231
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Humanistic script attributed to Piero Strozzi, a Florentine priest who copied a great many manuscripts
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 427
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Maître de l’Entrée (de François I), Lyon, and a collaborator
    • The cosmology of the Lyon physician and astrologer Louis de Lange treats the formation of the world and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Class. Lat. 291
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    14th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Aristotle (attributed to)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 93
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Copies of assorted shorter sermons in Latin by Ephrem the Syrian (d. 373), some of them incomplete, including