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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.5.16
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    mid-late 730s C.E.
    Language
    Latin, Old English
    • simple, large initials, that were sometimes decorated with red dots; book and chapter headings are also
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.1.27
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    1100-1200, 1200-1500
    Language
    Latin, Old English
    • Once thought to have originated at the scriptorium of the Cistercian Abbey at Sawley (Lancs.), the most
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ii.2.4
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Third quarter of the 11th century C.E.
    Language
    Old English
    • Alfred, 848/9-899, King of the West Saxons and of the Anglo-Saxons; also known as 'the Great'
    • Gregory I, c 540-604, Saint, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • The translations formed part of a wider programme of educational reform; the bishops are also instructed
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Kk.3.18
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    Second half of the 11th century C.E.
    Language
    Old English with Latin
    • manuscript contains contemporary interlinear and marginal notes in both English and Latin which were also
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    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library, MS Ll.1.10
    Collection
    Cambridge Digital Library
    Library
    Cambridge. Cambridge University Library
    Date
    ninth century, (c. 820-840 C.E.)
    Language
    Latin, Old English
    • It is believed to have been composed in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia (which broadly corresponds