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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Arch. Selden B. 26
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1660
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • England and Netherlands
    • Miscellany of five separate manuscripts, all of English origin and bound together c. 1660, comprising
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 658
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Richard of St. Victor
    • Peter of Poitiers
    • Gilbert of Poitiers, c 1075-1154, Bishop of Poitiers
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 475
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, fro, xno
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
    • England and Netherlands
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 180
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, early
    Language
    English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • England and Netherlands
    • Start of text.Twelfth-century copy of King Alfred's Old English prose version of Boethius.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Barlow 28
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    Dated 20 Nov. 1504
    Language
    Latin, English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Start of text. Initial with coat of arms of the King of England with dragon and dog as supporters.
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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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    • Pliny, the Elder
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • England and Netherlands
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 105
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 15th century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • England and Netherlands
    • gilt-stamped on the first panel of the spine, 18th centuryDecoration:
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Digby 20
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • England and Netherlands
    • Initial D, with Bede writing his Life of St. Cuthbert.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 48984
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Richard, Unspecified, Emperor of Germany, Earl of Cornwall, King of the Romans
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
    • Æthelwold of Winchester, c 908-984, Saint, Bishop of Winchester
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 50
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    the end of the 14th Century
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
    • England and Netherlands
    • lines extending to the top of the page and into the lower margin; single horizontal bounding line extending
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian B XI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Aelred, of Rievaulx, Saint, 1110-1167
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Ireland (Abbey of Rath Melsigi?)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1924
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • England and Netherlands
    • Contents: ff. 1r-48v: Bede, Vita Sancti Cuthberti (Life of St Cuthbert), preceded by a prologue (ff.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XVII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Osbert of Clare OSB
    • Eadmer of Canterbury OSB
    • Albertanus of Brescia
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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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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Miltiades, d 314, Saint, Pope, also known as 'Melchiades the African'
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3253
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
    • England and Netherlands
    • This late 12th or early 13th-century manuscript contains the Commentary on the Pauline Epistles of the
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 113
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Second half 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 01125
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    Late 13th cent.
    Language
    Latin
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    • Lombard, Peter, c 1100-1160, Bishop of Paris
    • England and Netherlands
    • Written by one hand in red and black ink with ornamental initials in red and blue.
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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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    • Paul, the Deacon, ca. 720-799?
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • Homiliary of Paul the Deacon (summer Portion), probably written in Winchester in the later 11th century
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1121
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    17th century
    Language
    English
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Trick crest of Humfrey, Duke of Gloucester.Tricked by Ashmole.