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    Cambridge. Harvard University Library, MS Typ 984
    Collection
    Harvard University Library
    Library
    Houghton Library, Harvard University
    Language
    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Notes:Drawn in tempera and colored inks with gold leaf.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Lat. liturg. a. 5
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1300
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • John the Baptist to the left and angel with cloth to the right.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 260
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    9th century, second half of the 9th century
    Language
    Latin, German
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • This manuscript contains copies of the commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles and the Apocalypse by
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. A.III.24
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    end of 12th century, added 12th/13th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Prologue to the Twelve Minor Prophets, with gloss
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 356
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1399
    Language
    lat
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    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • by Richard of Wetheringsett (fl. c. 1200-30), first recorded chancellor of Cambridge University at some
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 69
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    viii-ix - 0700 - 0899
    Language
    lat, Latin
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • It was probably made in England south of the Humber, dating to the early part of the early ninth century
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    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 51
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    Cologny. Fondation Martin Bodmer
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    Latin
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • initials with „bianchi girari“ (white vine-stem) on colored background which introduce the various texts, and
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 32
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1300 - 1399
    Language
    enm, lat
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    • in Latin and English with some commentary.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Douce 330
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    12th century, beginning
    Language
    Latin
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Bodl. 656 and Douce 267 (12th and 13th centuries).
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 145
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The manuscript contains some decoration: several ornamental initials in red and green.
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    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 213
    Collection
    e-codices
    Library
    St. Gallen. Stiftsbibliothek
    Date
    8th century, 5th century, 5th century (lower script) / 8th century (upper script)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Palimpsest Manuscript with texts from the 8th (upper script band) and 5th (lower script band) centuries
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    London. British Library, Add MS 14252
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    enm, lat, xno
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    • Add MS 14252 mainly contains law texts related to England and the ‘Commune of London’: a corporation
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLF 58
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    France, 9th century, third quarter
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter and Paul, male, Corbie
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • . - Text corrected by two or more hands (contemporary or a little later); also corrections and marginal
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 32
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; ca. 1200 - 1210 (uitz. f. 147: 14de eeuw)
    Language
    Latin
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    • William of Saint-Thierry (attributed to Saint Bernard in the rubric)
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Papa in Hiezechiel; (ff. 147r-147v) Duae epistolae Alexandri III de canonisatione sancti Bernardi; and
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    Leyde. Universiteitsbibliotheek, VLQ 57
    Collection
    Digital Collections (Leiden University Libraries)
    Library
    Leiden University Libraries
    Date
    Low Countries, northern part ; Eemstein Monastery, 15th century, mid
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Two clasp fastenings (closing back to front; only catchplates original). - Bookblock resewn, spine renewed
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 712
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    after 1330
    Language
    Latin
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    • Bede (attributed to)
    • England and Netherlands
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Canon. Misc. 148
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    15th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Mantua and Florence
    • Illumination attributed to the school of Gherardo and Monte di Giovanni di Miniato (del Fora).
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 213
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
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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
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    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript with medical and botanical texts was largely written in the 13th century, but also include
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    Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 81
    Collection
    Parker Library On the Web (Cambridge)
    Library
    UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
    Date
    1400 - 1499
    Language
    gre, lat
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    • Demetrios Chalkondyles, the scholar who supervised the production of the editio princeps of Homer in 1488; some