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    London. British Library, Harley MS 4984
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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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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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 252
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    14de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Vincent, of Beauvais, d. 1264
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Mirror of doctrine is the second part of Speculum Maius - the Great Mirror -, a compendium of medieval
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 3253
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
    • England and Netherlands
    • This late 12th or early 13th-century manuscript contains the Commentary on the Pauline Epistles of the
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 251
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    13de eeuw; eind 13de eeuw
    Language
    Latin
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    • Vincent, of Beauvais, d. 1264
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Summary: Manuscript 251 contains the first nine of eighteen books of the Speculum
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 13 A XI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Abbo of Fleury
    • Helperic of Auxerre, monk of Granval
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    Durham. University Library, Cosin MS. V.i.4
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. University Library
    Date
    later 12th century, [third or fourth quarter 12th century]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
    • A manuscript from Northern France, written towards the end of the 12th century, containing
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    London. British Library, Stowe MS 56
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Pseudo-Alexander the Great,, Unspecified
    • Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154
    • Baldric of Bourgueil, c 1046-1130, Archbishop of Dol
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    London. British Library, Harley MS 1915
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Victorinus of Pettau, d 304, Saint, Bishop of Pettau
    • Zacharias of Besançon OPrem
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    London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius C III
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang, eng, xno, grc
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    • Peter of Poitiers
    • England, Winchester and East Anglia
    • England and Netherlands
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    London. British Library, Royal MS 15 A XVI
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat, ang
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    • Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735
    • Martin the Irishman, 819-875, also known as Martin of Laon
    • Aldhelm of Sherborne, c 639-709, Saint, Bishop of Sherborne
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    London. British Library, Add MS 17808
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Ascelin of Augsburg, fl 1st quarter of the 11th century
    • Fulbert of Chartres (pseudo-Ambrose)
    • Bernelinus of Paris, fl 11th century
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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 56
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de - 13de eeuw; Ff: 2v-100v: c. 1201-c. 1225; ff. 101r-126v: c. 1176-c. 1200; ff. 127r-189r: c. 1201-c. 1225 (cf. Janzen 2019)
    Language
    Latin
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    • Geoffrey Babio du Louroux, 1136-1158, Archbishop of Bordeaux
    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Italy and France (illumination)
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    London. British Library, Arundel MS 10
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    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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    Bruges. Bibliothèque publique, Ms. 552
    Collection
    Mmmonk
    Library
    Bruges Public Library
    Date
    12de eeuw; ca. 1125-1150
    Language
    Latin
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Summary: Manuscript 552 holds two works of the Roman orator Cicero, with glosses
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    London. British Library, Add MS 23944
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
    • Valerius) and Contra Julianum (Against Julianus) by St Augustine of Hippo (b. 354, d. 430).
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    London. British Library, Add MS 11440
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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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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    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, MSS 01026
    Collection
    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library. University of Toronto Libraries
    Library
    Toronto. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
    Date
    approximately 1492
    Language
    French, Old (842-ca.1400)
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    • France (Abbey of Fleury?)
    • Extent: 30 unnumbered leaves : illustrations, coats of arms.
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    Durham. Cathedral Library, MS. A.III.7
    Collection
    Durham University and Cathedral Library
    Library
    Durham. Cathedral Library
    Date
    second quarter of 12th century, [second quarter of 12th century]
    Language
    Latin
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    • Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
    • Puiset, Hugh du, Bishop of Durham (approximately 1125-1195), former owner
    • Peter Lombard's Commentarium in Psalmos, written in Northern France (probably Paris) in the early-mid
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    London. British Library, Add MS 16414
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    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, Royal MS 4 D II
    Collection
    The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
    Library
    London. British Library
    Language
    lat
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    • England and Netherlands
    • This manuscript is the second volume of a set of glossed Gospels; other manuscripts are Royal 4 D. i