A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse, Cambridge
Published on 18. August 2016
Book
Hardback
324 pages
978-1-84384-441-9 (ISBN)
Description
Founded in 1284, Peterhouse is the University of Cambridge's oldest college. Its stated objective was to forward the study of theology,and before the Reformation it was a small community comprising a master and fourteen scholars.And yet by the late Middle Ages it had built up a substantial reference library. Today the college collection contains 277 manuscripts, almost all of which were at the College before the reformation, geared to the European university curriculum of the late middle ages.
Reviews / Votes
It is an easy matter to recommend this painstaking, sympathetic, effective contribution to the history of English medieval books. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY * There are many other treasures in this collection.. Only by browsing this catalogue, magnificently supplemented by over a hundred images, can the significance of [it] be properly appreciated. * PARERGON * We should be very grateful for Thomson's excellent textual identifications and discussions of provenance and library history. * THE LIBRARY * As well as being a work of outstanding, detailed scholarship - that scholarship worn deceptively lightly - this is also the most handsome, large, quarto volume, appropriately and clearly designed and beautifully printed. All in all, this is not only a fascinating, detailed insight into a mediaeval working library and its contents, but also a handsome volume reflecting well on the author, publisher and subject. * REFERENCE REVIEWS * Thomson's valuable and beautifully produced catalogue will stand as a foundation document. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
80 farbige Abbildungen
130 colour illus.
Dimensions
Height: 320 mm
Width: 243 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1791 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84384-441-9 (9781843844419)
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Person
RODNEY M. THOMSON is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Tasmania.
Content
Introduction
The Catalogue
Appendix A: Manuscript Fragments in Peterhouse Printed Books
Appendix B: Medieval Peterhouse Manuscripts no longer in the Main Collection
Index of Manuscripts and Printed Books
General Index
The Catalogue
Appendix A: Manuscript Fragments in Peterhouse Printed Books
Appendix B: Medieval Peterhouse Manuscripts no longer in the Main Collection
Index of Manuscripts and Printed Books
General Index