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    London. British Library, Sloane MS 1621
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • An antidotarium and various medical recipes, with some prayers and texts on musical theory.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15732
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, fre
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • kings of Britain; it opens with a legend that tells of how Brutus, a descendant of Aeneas, travelled to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 19961
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Theodoret (b. 393, d. 458), that were compiled by Cassiodorus (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), and, under his
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4984
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • 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
    • Chamberlayne, John, 1668-1723, translator and literary editor
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Nero A II
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Bede (attributed to)
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11849
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • to Pope Damasus; Pseudo-Jerome's epistle to Pope Damasus; and St Jerome's prologue on the Four Gospels
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 10
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, frm
    • kings of Britain; it opens with a legend that tells of how Brutus, a descendant of Aeneas, travelled to
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3904
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere (The History of the Journey to
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16414
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Contents: ff. 1r-v: Pseudo-Castor of Apt, Epistula ad Cassianum (Epistle to Cassian). ff. 2r-47r: John
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • .; they were removed in 1931 and are now stored separately as Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16984
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
    • Contents: This 12th-century manuscript consists of two treatises dedicated to the art of rhetoric.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11440
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
    • This manuscript contains two canon law texts and a tree diagram reflecting consanguinity rules.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2688
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, grc
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The manuscript is a composite miscellany made of five texts of different dates and origins (ff. 1-16;