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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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    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This manuscript contains a Latin copy of the Historia Regum Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of
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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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    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron
    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron
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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
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    • Theodoretus, bishop of Cyrus
    • Cassiodorus Senator (b. c. 485, d. c. 580), statesman, scholar and administrator
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
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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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    • Geoffrey of Ufford (11..?-11..?)
    • Liudprand of Cremona, c 920-972, Bishop of Cremona
    • Isidore, of Seville, Saint, d. 636
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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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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Origen (b. c. 185, d. 254), Christian scholar, ascetic and theologian
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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
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    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • This manuscript contains a Latin copy of the Historia Regum Brittaniae ('The History of the Kings of
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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
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    • Abbey of St. Amand (France)
    • removed in 1931 and are now stored separately as Cotton MS Caligula A VII/1.
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11440
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • Ivo of Chartres
    • Burchard, Bishop of Worms, approximately 965-1025
    • The other text is an abridged version of the Panormia , which, in turn, is an abbreviated and reworked
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16414
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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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    • John Cassian (b. c. 360, d. c. 435), monk and theologian
    • Pseudo-Castor of Apt, Unspecified
    • Cassian, De Institutis Coenobiorum (Institues of the Monasteries), preceded by the prologue (ff. 2r-v
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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
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • This early 12th-century manuscript contains the Historia de Hierosolymitana itinere (The History of the
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11849
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    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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    London. British Library
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    • It was copied by the same scribe who wrote Paris, BnF, MS lat. 267 from the school of Tours (see Rand
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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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    • Contents: This 12th-century manuscript consists of two treatises dedicated to the art of rhetoric.
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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
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    • The bottom half of the page is lost, with a loss of text from Psalms 18:8-10.