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    London. British Library, Add MS 22398
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    fre, lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • The manuscript includes various other Carolingian legal texts and two short tracts on urine and prognostics.Contents
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 658
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Richard of Saint-Victor, d 1173, Prior of the Augustinian abbey of St Victor, Paris
    • probably the Loire region
    • It includes the Gospel of St John with glosses, the Compendium Historiae in Genealogia Christi (A Compendium
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2900
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087, translator
    • probably the Loire region
    • This volume contains the Viaticum (Provision for a Journey) by Constantine the African (b. c. 1020- d
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    London. British Library, Davis80
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
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    lat
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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, Harley MS 402
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Miltiades, d 314, Saint, Pope, also known as 'Melchiades the African'
    • Gregory ‎the Great, Saint,‏ ‎ca. 540-604
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C VI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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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 3098
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains the oldest of three existing copies of the Liber Pancrisis (The
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3055
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript contains De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars) by the Roman historian Suetonius (b.c.
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 5237
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • Contents: ff. 1r-42v: Boethius (b. c. 480, d. 524), De institutione musica (On the Principles of Music
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    London. British Library, Add MS 41997
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript contains the only surviving copy of the Apologia de Barbis (The Defence of Beards) that
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3008
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript contains two theological works by St Augustine of Hippo and a work concerning the miracles
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3707
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Lisiardus Turonensis, fl 1150, Dean of the Cathedral Chapter of Laon
    • probably the Loire region
    • This 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia Ierosolimitana (History of Jerusalem) by Baudri de
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3509
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This scholarly manuscript contains three texts concerning the art of rhetoric.
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2901
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This is one of the only four surviving copies of the Collectio Francofortana .
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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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, Harley MS 3441
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript contains fragments of the Codex Justiniani (Emperor Justinian’s Code) which, together
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2763
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • probably the Loire region
    • This volume preserves the first sixteen books of Priscian (fl. 500)’s Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C VIII
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • 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 3079
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • probably the Loire region
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11983
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • probably the Loire region
    • This manuscript from c. 1100 contains a collection of works by and related to Seneca the Younger (b.