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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A XV
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • together.Contents:ff. 1r-173v: A letterbook including letters by Alcuin and letters by various authors in the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ash. Rolls 45
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    17th century
    Language
    English
    • Ashmole 13). 17th century copy of a roll showing the procession of 'The parleament holden at Westm[inster
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Broxb. 41.18
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1785
    Language
    No linguistic content
    • Members of the Edwards family took out a patent in 1785 for the process of rendering vellum transparent
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 765
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1585
    Language
    English
    • Final part of the work with 'Armes in Cheshire after the maner of the Alphabeth'.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B XIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, enm
    • The first part (ff. 1-185), copied in the first quarter of the 13th century, contains the only surviving
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 6 B VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Trinitatis (On the faith of the holy and indivisble Trinity) (ff. 28v-38r) were written by a different
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Gibson 2 and Gibson 6
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    No linguistic content
    • Velvet was still fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 82
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    13th century, end of the 13th century
    Language
    French
    • Carefully copied by a single scribe at the end of the 13th century in England, this manuscript was given
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1777
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • One folio is missing between ff. 8-9, causing the loss of the the end of letter no. 6, Super prudentia
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    Oxford. Magdalen College, Library, MS Lat 96
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Magdalen College, Library
    Date
    1425–1475
    Language
    Latin
    • The Congesta, part 3, a series of twenty sermons for summer: a temporale from Pentecost to the 3rd Sunday
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 2839
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • The compiler of the Tereoperica has relied on various sources.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Rawl. D. 403
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Language
    Latin
    • This is part of three single-sheet woodcuts on paper, bound at the front of a manuscript collection of
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. misc. c. 66
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, late - 16th century, early
    Language
    Latin, English
    • The Capesthorne Manuscript': Commonplace book of Humphrey Newton (1466-1536), of Pownall, Cheshire.
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 48
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century, third quarter of the 15th century
    Language
    English
    • The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, the "Father of English Poetry", have been preserved in 82 medieval
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. e Musaeo 42
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1467-1469
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
    • The text is a genealogical Biblical history, later becoming a genealogy of the kings of England up to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 4899
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • This manuscript contains a selection of the Sermones (Sermons) by Bernard of Clairvaux (b. 1090, d. 1153
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Top. gen. d. 10
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1615
    Language
    English
    • The full title is: 'The True Legend of Antiquities: Containing The honourable descent of the most
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Tanner 226
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1659
    Language
    English
    • Inscription at the top: 'Taken out of a piece of an old roll taken out of the old booke of armes'.
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    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library, MS 197
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Corpus Christi college, Library
    Date
    970–999
    Language
    Latin, English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
    • The Rule of St. Benedict.Provenance: Bequeathed by William Fulman (CCC 1647, d.1688).
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Don. f. 4
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    13th century
    Language
    Latin
    • Obverse of the seal. Ship at sea with crew. Royal coat of arms on the mast.