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    London. British Library, Add MS 24066
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • Edward I, 1239-1307, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
    • England and Netherlands
    • This English manuscript contains a number of legal texts from the 12th and the 14th centuries.
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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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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1580
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • 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, Sloane MS 475
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, fro, xno
    • 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
    • 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, Add MS 35180
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Medium and small initials in green or blue with red penwork decoration and pen-flourishing, or red with
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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
    • England and Netherlands
    • early 14th century). ff. 32r–53v: Sentences on Scripture, mainly deriving from Origen's Homilies, but also
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A V
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    xno, lat
    • England and Netherlands
    • first work is his Bestiarius (Bestiary)−the oldest bestiary in French–which he composed between 1121 and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Appendix LVI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • Worcester (Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom)
    • England and Netherlands
    • -111; f. 112; f. 113; ff. 114-122) that were most likely produced at different locations in England and
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 157
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • The manuscript also contains the ‘Psalter of the Virgin Mary’ that has been attributed to St Anselm (
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 230
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • England and Netherlands
    • parts (ff. 1-6; ff. 7-161; ff. 162-180; ff. 181-194) that were produced in England during the 12th and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C IX
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno, eng, ang, enm
    • Worcester (Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom)
    • England and Netherlands
    • composite manuscript consists of three parts that were produced separately in England during the 12th and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    osx, lat, ang, xno
    • England and Netherlands
    • There are two unfoliated leaves between ff. 1 and 2. f. 2: early modern table of contents. ff. 3-10,
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vespasian E III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • England and Netherlands
    • The first part (ff. 4-102) was produced at Burton Abbey in the early 13th century and contains the Annals
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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
    • Add MS 14252 mainly contains law texts related to England and the ‘Commune of London’: a corporation
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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
    • England and Netherlands
    • This 11th-century manuscript contains a collection of didactical texts on practical and theoretical medicine
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    London. British Library, Add MS 35283
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • A bilingual Psalter, with canticles and liturgical texts; the Latin text is in the left column with a
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang, eng, xno, grc
    • 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, Cotton MS Domitian A II
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • England and Netherlands
    • An untitled summary of the Brut, beginning: '[B]rutus entra la terre que ore est apele Engelterre', and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4070
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, xno
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • [ff. i recto, i verso, 1r, 1v, 123v, 124r, 124v are blank].Decoration: Large and small initials in green