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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. ch. Gloucs. 13; Seals Gloucestershire 13*a; Seals Gloucestershire 13*b
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th October 1538
    Language
    English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Grant of arms to city of Gloucester by Christopher Barker, garter, in 30th year of Henry VIII's reign
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 84
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • England and Netherlands
    • later transferred to the John Rylands Library.
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    Durham. University Library, Cosin MS. V.ii.5
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. University Library
    Date
    mid 14th century
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Eight separate sections, all produced at about the same date, and to very similar patterns, particularly
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 55
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, middle
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Text: recipes for 'Quinces stued' and 'Partridge stuede'. Strips of vellum cut out in lower margin.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • England and Netherlands
    • obituary calendar from the Premonstratensian abbey at Beauchief, compiled between the mid-13th century and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Broxb. 84.9
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1645
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Henry Lawes and others
    • England and Netherlands
    • Presented to the Bodleian by John Ehrman in 1979.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3859
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, wel
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • ending: 'frequentior usus invenit qua[m] vet[us] doctrina monstraverat'. ff. 40v-41r: Astrological and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A VII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, sga
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    • 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, Sloane MS 1580
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. A.IV.36
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    end 12th century, [14th century], [end 12th century]
    Language
    Latin, Old English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Chronicle of Durham Priory based upon Simeon of Durham and continued by Geoffrey of Coldingham until
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Eng 938
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1420
    Language
    enm
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Summary:Translation of Trivet's chronicle in French dedicated to "Mary the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 264, pt. II
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1400
    Language
    French, Old (842-ca. 1400)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Part II: from fol. 209 to fol. 215.
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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Eng 530
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Date
    1450
    Language
    enm
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    • England and Netherlands
    • strong>Written in at least two unidentified hands in mixed cursive script; with flourished initials 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
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    • England and Netherlands
    • copy of an Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae in alternating prose and
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 81
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • England and Netherlands
    • later transferred to the John Rylands Library.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. C. 274
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, second half
    Language
    Latin
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    • Aristotle (attributed to)
    • England and Netherlands
    • Decorated initial 'O (Alexander)' with head of man and penwork flourishing extending into the margin.
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. A.III.29
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    later 11th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • Homiliary of Paul the Deacon (summer Portion), probably written in Winchester in the later 11th century and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 6
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century AD
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Cover and looped holder of plain tawed skin with stitched edging, designed to be worn on a chain at belt
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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