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    San Marino. The Huntington Library, EL 26 A 13
    Collection
    Huntington Digital Library
    Library
    The Huntington Library
    Date
    approximately 1450
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500) [enm], French, Middle (ca.1400-1600) [frm]
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    • Bridgewater, John Egerton, Earl of, 1623-1686, former owner.
    • Bridgewater, John Egerton, Earl of, 1646-1701, former owner.
    • Ellesmere, through the agency of George D.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius A V
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, eng
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    • Willliam of Malmesbury (collected by)
    • Pseudo-John of Peterborough, fl 1369
    • The first part, ff. 2r-45r, is a copy of the Peterborough Chronicle, copied in the 2nd half of the 14th
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2831
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • This manuscript is thought to date from before Alcuin's arrival at the abbey of Marmoutiers (or Saint-Martin
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    London. British Library, Add MS 24193
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Venantius Fortunatus, c 535-600, Bishop of Poitiers
    • This manuscript contains the collection of poems ( Carmina ) of Venantius Fortunatus (d. after 600),
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Elliott 287
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1485
    Language
    Persian, Chagatai
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    • The first mathnawī of Navāʼī's Khamsah.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 184
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    10th century, 11th century, 10th and 11th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Prosper, of Aquitaine, Saint, ca. 390-ca. 463
    • Halitgar, Bishop of Cambrai, d. 830 or 31
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 453
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    12th century, 12th and 18th centuries
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Benedict of Nursia
    • Usuard, d c 877, Monk of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
    • Abbey of St. Gall (Switzerland)
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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, Mus 998
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1601–1700
    Language
    Italian
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    • Italy, copied by Leon ben Joshua de Rossi of Cesena
    • This is one of the many manuscripts of seventeenth-century Italian cantatas now in Christ Church Library
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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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    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek, Mss 30
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Schlatt. Eisenbibliothek
    Date
    17th century, 18th century, about 1700
    Language
    Italian
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    • The identity of Giovanni Baptista Coene from Passau, named as author, remains obscure; no further information
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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