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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 85
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • England and Netherlands
    • aue marie and crede and next þe heestis and oþer þingis shortli touchid to helþe of euery persoone þat
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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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    • 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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    London. British Library, Royal MS 8 E IV
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Contents: This manuscript contains the Epistles of Ennodius (d. 521) from book 1 to 9 and some extracts
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 412
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • England and Netherlands
    • has variously been attributed to John Wycliffe and Richard Rolle.
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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
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    • 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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    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
    • 18th centuryDecoration: One 5-line initial in burnished gold on a blue and
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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 I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • 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, Sloane MS 1580
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Alan of Lille (b. c. 1128, d. c. 1202), theologian and poet
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius B II
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Abbo of Fleury, c 945-1004, Saint, Abbot of Ramsey Abbey and Fleury Abbey
    • England and Netherlands
    • The first part was written in the late 11th century-early 12th century (after 1097) and contains the
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Broxb. 84.23
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1602
    Language
    No linguistic content
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    • Camden, William, 1551-1623, historian and herald
    • England and Netherlands
    • London centre and corner-piece binding for Elizabeth I, c. 1602, with Royal arms.
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Dodsworth 20
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    16th century, end
    Language
    Latin
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    • Camden, William, 1551-1623, historian and herald
    • England and Netherlands
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 686
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1430-1440
    Language
    English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • Troilus and Criseyde.
    • England and Netherlands
    • In English, dialect and spelling of south-west Midlands. Leaf-size: 380 x 260 mm.
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    Manchester. The John Rylands Library, English MS 87
    Collection
    Manchester Digital Collections
    Library
    The John Rylands Library
    Date
    End 14th/beginning 15th century
    Language
    enm
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    • England and Netherlands
    • has variously been attributed to John Wycliffe and Richard Rolle.
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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 (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
    • bound together at an unknown period, both containing medical recipes, charms, various medical treatises and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius E III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno, enm
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    • Ralph of Diceto, d c 1200, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, London
    • England and Netherlands
    • The first part contains the Abbreviationes Chronicorum (Abbreviations of Chronicles) and the Ymagines
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2901
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 8460
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1670-1714
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    • Camden, William, 1551-1623, historian and herald
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Otho A VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    ang, lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • copy of an Old English translation of Boethius's De Consolatione Philosophiae in alternating prose and
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    Oxford. Bodleian Library, MS. Eng. poet. e. 1
    Collection
    Digital Bodleian (Oxford University)
    Library
    Oxford. Bodleian Library
    Date
    c. 1460-1480
    Language
    Latin, English, Middle (1100-1500)
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Religious and other songs and carols.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 337
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
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    • England and Netherlands
    • early 14th century). ff. 32r–53v: Sentences on Scripture, mainly deriving from Origen's Homilies, but also