Catalogue of the manuscripts of Hereford Cathedral Library

著者

書誌事項

Catalogue of the manuscripts of Hereford Cathedral Library

R.A.B. Mynors and R.M. Thomson ; with a contribution on the bindings by Michael Gullick

Published on behalf of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford Cathedral, D.S. Brewer, 1993

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全4件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

227 manuscripts dating from the 8th- to the 15th-century. The library at Hereford Cathedral is famous as one of the few surviving `chained libraries'; but the contents of the books secured to the seventeenth century presses are less well known. There are 227 western manuscripts, of whichabout half have been at the cathedral since before the Reformation. They range in date from the eighth to the fifteenth century, and include finely-illustrated patristic books of the twelfth century, a large collection of OxfordUniversity legal textbooks, and books of civil and canon law from the end of the thirteenth century. Over half the volumes survive in largely intact medieval bindings. The catalogue, begun by the late Sir Roger Mynors and completed by Professor Thomson, reflects the particular strengths of the collection. The many glossed books are described using a particularly effective system devised by Sir Roger Mynors. An introductory essay by Michael Gullick describes the medieval bindings, and the plates cover not only illumination and bindings, but medieval pressmarks and ownership inscriptions, as well as examples of scripts.

目次

  • Catalogue
  • index of manuscripts
  • index of incipits.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ