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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Titus A XXVII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • Marbod of Rennes
    • Raymond, of Peñafort, Saint, 1175?-1275
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 55
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    14th century, 1306-1309
    Language
    Latin
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    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • The Bibliothèque de Genève’s Ms. lat. 55 is an exceptional document because it consists of six wax tablets
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    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. lat. 85
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Genève. Bibliothèque de Genève
    Date
    9th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • This manuscript is remarkable because of its contents as well as its age: it is a dictionary of Tironian
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    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek, F III 15e
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Basel. Universitätsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, 10th century, 9th century; supplements until 10th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans, ca. 760-821
    • Rabanus Maurus, Archbishop of Mainz, 784?-856
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 1 A XVIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Workshop located in the west of France, maybe in Nantes (France, Loire-Atlantique)
    • Eusebius (b. c. 260, d. 339) to Carpianus, imperfect because of the loss of a leaf.f. 197r: Prologue
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Burchard, Bishop of Worms, approximately 965-1025
    • Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1005?-1089
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius D IX
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1005?-1089
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • This composite manuscript consists of two parts that were written at different periods of time.
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    Sarnen. Staatsarchiv Obwalden, Sig. A.02.CHR.0003
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Sarnen. Staatsarchiv Obwalden
    Date
    15th century, 16th century, 17th century, 1470–1607
    Language
    German, Latin
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    • It is called the “White Book” because it was originally bound in a white pigskin cover.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, S. Seld. e.2
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1479
    Language
    Latin
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    • [Printer of the Expositio in symbolum apostolorum]
    • Leonardus Brunus Aretinus (Leonardo Bruni of Arezzo)
    • Formerly ascribed to [Theodoricus Rood]; BMC identifies as [Printer of Rufinus]. See D. E.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 491
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • William of Jumièges OSB
    • Contents: ff. 1r–2v: Two leaves from a Mass lectionary, probably written in Lotharingia, mid-11th-century (see
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C I
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • Abbo of Fleury
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • Eratosthenes of Cyrene, c 276 BC-c 194 BC
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra D I
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463
    • Abbey of Fleury (Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire)
    • Germany, Cistercian abbey of Eberbach (?)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4751
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Gerald of Wales
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • This manuscript contains a bestiary from the 'second family' of bestiaries (see James, The Bestiary (
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    Durham. University Library, Cosin MS. V.iii.1
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. University Library
    Date
    mid 12th century, added 14th - 16th centuries
    Language
    Latin
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    • Lawrence of Durham, c 1114-1154, Prior of Durham Cathedral Priory
    • Selection of works by Lawrence of Durham (approximately 1114-1154), monk and prior
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    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung, VadSlg Ms. 307
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Kantonsbibliothek, Vadianische Sammlung
    Date
    15th century, 1442
    Language
    Latin
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    • This volume is the second of a three-volume set, an edition of Livius written in 1442 and 1143 in Padua
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4980
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Alcuin of York
    • Abbey of Corbie
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Laud Misc. 152
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1463
    Language
    Latin
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    • Nicholas of Lyra
    • Lower part of page. Text: Exodus. In lower margin: drawings. Floor plan of Tabernacle.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16961
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Mihiel, fl. 809-819
    • Abbey of Stavelot (Belgium)
    • of Saint-Mihiel near Verdun, after the Rule of St Benedict (b. 480, d. 547) had been made the norm for
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2688
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
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    • Geoffrey of Ufford (11..?-11..?)
    • Liudprand of Cremona, c 920-972, Bishop of Cremona
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1426
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    18th century, 1793
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
    • Joseph Bloch (1754−1799) compiled this history of the lay brothers of the Monastery of St.