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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian E III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • Alexander of Stainsby, d 1238, Bishop of Coventry
    • Honorius of Autun
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 92
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of Ashburnham (1797-1878)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Each section of text is underlined in red and followed by a section of commentary.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A XIV
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
    • England and Netherlands
    • composite manuscript contains:ff. 1r-36v: An illustrated, imperfect troper (a musical collection known as the
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 70
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript of English origin contains the Historia Regum Britannie by Geoffrey of Monmouth (ca.
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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
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Martin the Irishman, 819-875, also known as Martin of Laon
    • Aldhelm of Sherborne, c 639-709, Saint, Bishop of Sherborne
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 304
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Book of diseases and medical recipes, arranged according to the part of the body which is diseased.
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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
    • Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167
    • England and Netherlands
    • : ff. 1r-129v: the only surviving copy of an Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae
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    London. British Library, Burney MS 326
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Braulio of Zaragoza, c 585-c 651, Saint, Bishop of Zaragoza
    • Alcuin of York
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 3
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
    • Alexander William Crawford Lindsay, later 25th Earl of Crawford
    • James Dix of Bristol
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 48
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    English
    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
    • The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the "Father of English Poetry", have been preserved in 82 medieval
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 1067
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript consists of the 'First Family' of bestiaries, with a text derived from the Physiologus
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 46
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    After 1461
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
    • England and Netherlands
    • The Life and Martyrdom of St. Edmund.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 94
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    15th Century
    Language
    enm, lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • Acquisition: Purchased by Gordon Duff for the John Rylands Library from
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 6 B VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Alcuin of York
    • England and Netherlands
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. A.I.14
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    earlier 13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Hugh of Saint-Cher (for postilla)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Hugh of St Cher, Postille in Proverbia, Ecclesiasten, Ecclesiasticum, written in England in the first
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1777
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • 1120-1170, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury
    • England and Netherlands
    • 5th-century play Querolus (The Complainer), and two compilations of theological works and hymns.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 151
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century, second quarter
    Language
    Latin
    • Peter of Poitiers, c 1130-1205, Chancellor of Paris
    • England and Netherlands
    • Start of text. Genealogy with medallions featuring Adam and Eve at the top.
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.25.2
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1540-1574 C.E.
    Language
    Latin
    • Willliam of Malmesbury (collected by)
    • Aldhelm of Sherborne, c 639-709, Saint, Bishop of Sherborne
    • Matthew Parker archbishop of Canterbury
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1789
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century
    Language
    English
    • England and Netherlands
    • sentences from Holy Scriptures inscribed in gilt letters on its blue border; within it is a planisphere of
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
    • Jocelin of Furness OCist
    • Bernard of Meung, fl 1133