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    London. British Library, Davis80
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • probably the Loire region
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains the Book of Ezekiel with Gloss.
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII
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    London. British Library
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • probably the Loire region
    • This composite manuscript contains two main parts, joined in the early modern period.Contents: ff. 4r
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2900
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    • Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087, translator
    • probably the Loire region
    • This is a Latin adaptation of a standard medical manual in Arabic, entitled Kitab Zad al-musafir wa-qut
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3707
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    • Lisiardus Turonensis, fl 1150, Dean of the Cathedral Chapter of Laon
    • probably the Loire region
    • The work presents a history of the events of the First Crusade in four books, beginning with Pope Urban
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 402
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    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Miltiades, d 314, Saint, Pope, also known as 'Melchiades the African'
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4927
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    • In qual parte del cielo, in qual idea ...
    • probably the Loire region
    • known as Sallust's oration against Cicero (Invectiva in Ciceronem).
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11983
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • probably the Loire region
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3441
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
    • probably the Loire region
    • with Digesta (The Digest), Institutiones (Institutes of Justinian) and Novellae (The New Laws), makes
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    London. British Library, Add MS 15601
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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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
    • probably the Loire region
    • ’s Timaeus by Calcidius (fl. 4th century), the Psychomachia (The Struggle in the Soul) and the Cathemerinon
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 658
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Richard of Saint-Victor, d 1173, Prior of the Augustinian abbey of St Victor, Paris
    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • probably the Loire region
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3213
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Eusebius of Caesarea, c 263-c 340, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine
    • probably the Loire region
    • The works form the basis for the 12th-century systematic commentary on the two gospels known as Parva
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2992
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    London. British Library
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    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the
    • probably the Loire region
    • This volume is the continuation of Harley MS 2991, and has suffered more extensive water damage.Contents
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C VI
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    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • probably the Loire region
    • The first part (ff. 5-169), produced in the 2nd half of the 11th century in France (ex. info Michael
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1700
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • probably the Loire region
    • in interlinear and marginal glosses.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 8091
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • probably the Loire region
    • Anselm of Laon (d. 1117) in the late 11 th or early 12 th century.
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2901
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • probably the Loire region
    • This is one of the only four surviving copies of the Collectio Francofortana .
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3026
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    London. British Library
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    • probably the Loire region
    • Most of the text was written in the 10th century (ff. 3r-147v); the beginning and the end of the text
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 5237
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • probably the Loire region
    • ), imperfect (Book 1, 23-Book 5, 8) beginning at the chapter 23 of the first book: 'Hoc igitur modo per
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • probably the Loire region
    • Royal MS 6 C VIII originally formed part of the same manuscript from Rievaulx as the folios now in Cotton
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3098
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains the oldest of three existing copies of the Liber Pancrisis (The