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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 18
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, around 1000
    Language
    Alemannic, Latin, German, Ancient Greek
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    • Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans, ca. 760-821
    • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
    • Venantius Fortunatus, c 535-600, Bishop of Poitiers
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 104
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1500 - 1599
    Language
    lat, eng
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    • Cranmer, Thomas, 2 Jul 1489-21 Mar 1556, Archbishop of Canterbury
    • Matthew Parker archbishop of Canterbury
    • of christian men against the fear of death taken from the fathers || Of the consolation of christian
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 267
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century / 9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Alcuin of York, c 735-804
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Gall containing a copy of the oldest library catalog of the Abbey Library of St.
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 95
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1100–1170
    Language
    Latin
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    • Carpender, Thomas, of Kingsham (d. c. 1565)
    • Initial three or four lines of each epistle in decorative uncial style capitals.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 265
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, after 850
    Language
    Latin
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    • Ermenrich, abbot of Ellwangen, ca. 814-874
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Manuscript compilation from the monastery of St. Gall, produced after 850.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15350
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    ang, lat
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    • 1447-1454), see Antonia Gransden, Historical Writing in England (1996), p. 494 (n. 1).
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 80
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 11th century, 12th century, 13th century, 9th–13th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Alcuin of York, c 735-804
    • Sicardus, Bishop of Cremona, d. 1215
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian B XX
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, fro
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    • Goscelin of Saint-Bertin
    • Augustine of Canterbury, d 604, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury
    • Contents:ff. 2r–v: Charter of Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury (between 597-604), granting privileges
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 91
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, end of the 15th century (cf. A. Dufour) or around 1460 (cf. B. Gagnebin)
    Language
    French, Latin
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    • John, of Salisbury, Bishop of Chartres, d. 1180
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • beautiful binding à la "Du Seuil", this 15th century manuscript contains the Policraticus (The government of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 620
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Ado of Vienne, c 800-875, Archbishop of Vienne
    • Ivo of Chartres
    • Martin of Troppau OP
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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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    • Patrick, fl 2nd half of the 5th century, Saint
    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • Several of these texts are of Irish origin; most notably the anonymous compilation known as Collectio
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    Munich. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 6362
    Collection
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Library
    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
    Date
    frühes 11. Jh
    Language
    http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/lat
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    • Folio 74 recto of this codex contains a beautiful example of this type of map, based on the description
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS Mus 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1700–1740
    Language
    Latin
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    • Decoration: No decoration except for two parallel fillets at edges; at the centre of the upper cover
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 267
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1000 - 1099
    Language
    lat
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    • John of Bridlington (1320?-1379)
    • Frechulf of Lisieux, fl 825-852, Bishop of Lisieux
    • of Frechulf of Lisieux (fl. 823-53); it contains only the first part, from Adam to the Incarnation.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 547
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 13th century, around 1200
    Language
    Latin
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    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • works of world-, church- and ethnic history; examples include the History of the World by Orosius, the
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 402
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Hugh, of Saint-Victor, 1096?-1141
    • Haimo, of Auxerre, -approximately 855
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno, enm
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    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • Robert Grosseteste, c 1170-1253, Bishop of Lincoln
    • This composite manuscript is made out of four parts.
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 416
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1100 - 1199
    Language
    lat
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    • Amalarius, Archbishop of Lyon,‏ ca. 775-ca. 850
    • manuscript which has a roughly contemporary contents list showing that it once contained a large number of
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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
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    • Astle, Thomas, b 1735 d 1803, archivist and collector of books and manuscripts
    • Spelman, Henry, Unspecified, of Stowe MS 1059
    • The Psalter was glossed in Old English in the second half of the 11th century.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, enm
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    • Odo of Cluny
    • This composite manuscript contains four sections that were separately produced at different periods of