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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2735
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Heiric of Auxerre, c 841-c 876, Benedictine monk of the abbey of St-Germain d'Auxerre
    • The Epitome libri glossarum has been glossed by Heiric of Auxerre (b. 841, d. 876), monk of the Benedictine
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 57
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, heb, ang, grc, fro
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    • Geoffrey of Ufford (11..?-11..?)
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • This manuscript consists of a compilation of Latin moral, grammatical and historical treatises in prose
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3097
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Felix of Crowland
    • Folcard of Saint-Bertin, fl 1066, Monk of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer, Christ Church in Canterbury, and
    • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 45
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Ancient Greek, Latin
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Copy of the Old Testament books of Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Twelve Minor Prophets, produced in the 9th
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 186
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, Italian
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    • Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo)
    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • De verborum significatu by the Latin grammarian Pompeius Festus is an extremely valuable dictionary of
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 299
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Compilation of various types of glossaries: Biblical glossaries, glossaries of texts by Church Fathers
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    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 358(610)
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Einsiedeln. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Boethius (c. 476-c. 525), one of the earliest scholars of late antiquity and most influential of thinkers
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    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek, Gen. 1
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schaffhausen. Stadtbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 7th century, between 688 and 713
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
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    • Adomnán of Iona, d 704, Saint, Abbot of Iona
    • This manuscript from the island monastery of Iona (Hy) in Scotland contains the oldest and best surviving
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 92
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    15th century, 1460-1480
    Language
    Latin, German, French, Ancient Greek
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    • Giles, of Rome, Archbishop of Bourges, ca. 1243-1316
    • Romanus, decorated with a miniature in which the author (Aegidius Romanus) dedicates the book to the king of
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 110 A
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, 5th century
    Language
    Latin, Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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    • Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Christina, Queen of Sweden (1626-1689)
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, SCA 51
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Apennine Peninsula, 15th century, second half
    Language
    Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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    • Content: Part 1 contains, in Greek: (ff. 1r-10v) Quaestiones et solutiones / Alexander of
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    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek, Ms. D 227
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Zürich. Zentralbibliothek
    Date
    17th century
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Greek translation of the Benedictine Rule and some additional devotional materials, made at the monastery
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, PER Q 39
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Origin unknown, 14th century
    Language
    Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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    • Asclepius of Tralles
    • Content: With scholia (by Asclepius of Tralles?) added on ff. 1r-16v.
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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
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, A VII 3
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 9th century, 2-3/3
    Language
    Latin, Ancient Greek
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    • Fulgentius, Saint, Bishop of Ruspa, 468-533
    • Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397
    • Alcuin of York, c 735-804
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 3
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Abbey of Stavelot (Belgium)
    • The manuscript has, on stylistic grounds, been identified as a product of the Benedictine abbey of St
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 57
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 15th century
    Language
    Latin, Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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    • Nicholas of Cusa (Nicholaus von Kues), 1401-1464, Cardinal Bishop of Brixen
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Part of: Vossius, I. (1618-1689)Subject (temporal):
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 8
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    16th century, about 1541
    Language
    Ancient Greek
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    • Heron of Alexandria
    • Archimedes are brought together in Codex Bodmer 8, notably On the Sphere and Cylinder and The quadrature of
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    London. British Library, Add MS 36668
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • White, Henry, Unspecified, FSA; of Add MS 36668
    • An inscription added at the Benedictine abbey of St Maximin in Trier shows that it was in that monastery
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VGQ 7
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    ff. 1-2: German regions, 9th century, third quarter ; ff. 3-42: German regions, northwestern part ; Middle or Lower Rhine region, 9th century, second quarter
    Language
    Greek, Ancient (to 1453), Latin
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    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • . - (ff. 42r-v) Eymologiae / Isidore of Seville.