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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 2900
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • medical manual in Arabic, entitled Kitab Zad al-musafir wa-qut al-hadir (Provision for the Traveller and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2725
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Poetica (Art of Poetry), Epodae (Epodes), Carmen Saeculare (Hymn for a New Age), Epistulae (Letters) and
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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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    lat
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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
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Consolatio Philosophiae (The Consolation of Philosophy) of Boethius (b. 480, d. 524) with interlinear and
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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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    lat
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    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Claudius C VI
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Leo I, d 461, Pope; also known as 'the Great'
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • half of the 11th century in France (ex. info Michael Gullick), contains a collection of historical and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 402
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Miltiades, d 314, Saint, Pope, also known as 'Melchiades the African'
    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Saint Jerome (b. 347, d. 420), priest and theologian
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2992
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • 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
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2763
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The volume also includes Idyllium (Idyll)20 by the poet Ausonius (d. c. 395),added in a contemporary
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    London. British Library, Egerton MS 3055
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • contains De vita Caesarum (The Twelve Caesars) by the Roman historian Suetonius (b.c. 69 , d. c. 122) and
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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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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Sir Thomas Phillips (b. 1792, d. 1872), antiquarian and bibliophile
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3008
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Germany and Switzerland, Constance(?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains two theological works by St Augustine of Hippo and a work concerning the miracles
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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
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of Britain') by Geoffrey of Monmouth (d. 1154/55), bishop of St Asaph and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3707
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • Jerusalem) by Baudri de Bourgueil (b. c. 1050, d. 1130), abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Bourgueil and
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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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    lat
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    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • This manuscript contains a compilation of several commentaries on the Gospels of St Matthew and St Mark
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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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    lat
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • 1135 onwards Fountains Abbey was subject to the Cistercian abbey of Clairvaux at Ville-sous-la-Ferté and
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 2688
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, grc
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    • Horatius Flaccus, Quintus, 65 BC-8 BC, also known as Horace
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • The manuscript is a composite miscellany made of five texts of different dates and origins (ff. 1-16;
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3079
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Bede the Venerable (b. c. 673, d. 735), monk and theologian
    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Add MS 19961
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat
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    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • histories by the historians Socrates Scholasticus (b. c. 380; d. c. 440), Sozomen (b. c. 400, d. c. 450), and
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Cleopatra C VIII
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    lat, ang
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    • Gregory the Great, (b. c. 540, d. 604), theologian and Pope
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • period.Contents: ff. 4r-37v: an illustrated copy of Prudentius's Psychomachia with titles for the illustrations and
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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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    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • Italy and France (illumination)
    • contains a miscellany of study aids for the Bible, bound together with a collection of scientific, poetic and