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The Saint
Petersburg Bede is a frequently studied manuscript. The following is a partial bibliography of significant studies and catalogue entries:
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Leningrad Bede: an eighth century manuscript of the Venerable Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum in the Public Library, Leningrad
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University Studies in English and Comparative Literature, 128. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 16–17.
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Les manuscrits latins du Ve au XIIIe siècle conservés à la bibliothèque impériale de Saint-Pétersbourg
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English Manuscripts in Facsimile, 23. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde & Bagger. .
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English material in the Leningrad manuscript of Bede's ecclesiastical history
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Old English verse texts from many sources: a comprehensive collection.
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Meyvaert, P. 1961. "The Bede 'signature' in the Leningrad colophon".
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Dobiache-Rojdestvensky, O. 1928. "Un manuscrit de Bède à Léningrad".
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figure carrying a cross and a book. This may be intended to be St.
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Gillert, K. 1880. "Lateinische Handschriften in Saint Petersburg".
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Neues Archiv der Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde
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Cædmon's Hymn, A multimedia study, edition, and witness archive.
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Wright, D. H. 1961. "The date of the Leningrad Bede".
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Bede's ecclesiastical history of the English people
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