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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho D VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Wrdisten, fl 2nd half of the 9th century, Abbot of Landévennec Abbey, also known as Vurdestinus
    • Haiminus of Saint-Vaast, fl 1st half of the 9th century, also known as Haiminus Atrebatensis
    • John the Deacon of Rome, c 825-c 880, Deacon of Rome; also known as Johannes Hymonides
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 89
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
    • Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
    • England and Netherlands
    • Versions WycliffeAbstract: Parts of the Old Testament in both the earlier and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1915
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Zacharias of Besançon, d c 1156, also known as Zacharias Chrysopolitanus
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 146
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    enm, lat, xno
    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript with medical and botanical texts was largely written in the 13th century, but also include
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    Oxford. Christ Church, Library, MS 684
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Christ Church, Library
    Date
    1551–1600
    • England and Netherlands
    • Writing occurs only in the first and second column, with the second column also divided horizontally
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.25.4
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Mid-thirteenth century C.E. (c. 1240-1260)
    Language
    Latin
    • Saladin, Sultan of Egypt and Syria, 1137-1193
    • England and Netherlands
    • text-align: justify;'>A thirteenth-century manuscript containing two Latin prose crusade chronicles and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Cherry 36
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1544
    Language
    No linguistic content
    • England and Netherlands
    • At the age of eleven, Princess Elizabeth translated and wrote out The Mirror or Glass of the Sinful Soul
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.25.1
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Second half of the twelfth century C.E.
    Language
    Latin
    • England and Netherlands
    • William saw himself as the successor to Bede, drawing on both Anglo-Saxon and Norman sources and traditions
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra A VII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, enm
    • Hermann of Reichenau, 1013-1054, also known as Hermannus Contractus
    • England and Netherlands
    • contains four parts (ff. 1, 3-69, 70-106, 107-165) that were written separately between the late 11th and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 33241
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • account praising Emma (d. 1052), the second consort of both Æthelred II (d. 1016), king of England, and
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    London. Lambeth Palace Library, MS 2086
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    London. Lambeth Palace Library
    Date
    c.1620-c.1644
    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
    • William Rawley's miscellany; a collection of more than 900 anecdotes, apophthegms, memoranda, proverbs, and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, Vet. E2 f.45
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    1638
    Language
    English
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • England and Netherlands
    • Chapters 35 and 36.Translated by Cuthbert Furedon, an English Benedictine who died in 1638.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3044
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
    • Life of St Jerome), attributed to Sebastian of Monte Cassino, as well as the famous story of St Jerome and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 38130
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Guglielmo Libri (b. 1803, f. 1869), mathematican and book thief
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.17.1
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1180-1230 C.E.
    Language
    Latin, Latin and Anglo-Norman, Latin with Anglo-Norman
    • England and Netherlands
    • Age and damp have also taken their toll.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 48984
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • Hanmer, Job Walden, 1717-1783, 1st Baronet, lawyer and politician
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 2
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    Mid-15th century
    Language
    enm
    • Bernard Quaritch (b. 1819, d. 1899), bookseller and publisher
    • James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
    • England and Netherlands
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ee.3.59
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    c.1250-1260 C.E.
    Language
    French, Old (ca. 842-1300)
    • England and Netherlands
    • verse Life of St Edward the Confessor, written in England probably in the later 1230s or early 1240s and
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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
    • Phillipps, Thomas, 1792-1872, 1st Baronet, collector of books and manuscripts
    • England and Netherlands
    • 18th centuryDecoration: One 5-line initial in burnished gold on a blue and