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    London. British Library, Add MS 36668
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • Added corrections, punctuation, marginal notation, practice alphabets, and marginal outline drawings
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3097
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • Folcard of Saint-Bertin, fl 1066, Monk of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer, Christ Church in Canterbury, and
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • a commentary on the Book of Daniel by St Jerome (b. c. 347, d. 419/420), followed by saints’ lives and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2674
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc, ang
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Harley, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2688
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The manuscript is a composite miscellany made of five texts of different dates and origins (ff. 1-16;
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 82
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • England and Netherlands
    • It was then owned by Sir Simonds D’Ewes (b. 1602, d. 1650), who also owned a copy of Voyage d’outre mer
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 B XIX
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • Lupus of Ferrières, c 805-c 862, Abbot of the Benedictine abbey of St Peter and St Paul, Ferrières-en-Gâtinais
    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • separate sections not bound together before the 17th century:Contents:ff. 1r-35v: Poems of Sedulius and
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    London. British Library, Add MS 62122
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc, enm
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    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
    • This is one of the few manuscripts to survive from the Benedictine abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Rumon
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4804/1
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • Basil of Caesarea, 329-379, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea; also known as 'the Great'
    • the first volume of two separate volumes with continuous foliation: Harley MS 4804/1 (ff. 1-167v), and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C III
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, ang, eng, xno, grc
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    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • England and Netherlands
    • The leaves formerly numbered Cotton MS Vitellius C III, ff. 2r-v and 142r-v are cuttings from a Psalter
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 57
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, heb, ang, grc, fro
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    • This manuscript consists of a compilation of Latin moral, grammatical and historical treatises in prose
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 1 B XI
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc, heb
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    • Evangelium secundum Sanctum Mattheum (The Gospel of St Matthew) preceded by a prologue (ff. 5v-6v) and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2735
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • Auxerre (b. 841, d. 876), monk of the Benedictine abbey of St-Germain d'Auxerre, theologian, philosopher and
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 3
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • This manuscript contains the Four Gospels with prologues and tables of contents, followed by a lectionary
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2719
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, bre, grc
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    • Contents: ff. 1r-177v: Nonius Marcellus, De Compendiosa Doctrina with interlinear and marginal glosses