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Wikipedia, citing Madden (1886 v.3) and Powicke (1906), reports that the sources brought together in the Flores include the following: Wikipedia also reports that a detailed list is given by Luard (1872, 1874), who in his running text also marks up the apparent source of each section. Citing Luard (1872), Wikipedia states that Considering the text itself, some of the earlier parts of the work draw heavily on the Historia scholastica (ca. 1173) of Petrus Comestor, a copy of which was not introduced into the monastery until John of Wallingford's abbacy..