Scribes and scholars at Salisbury Cathedral, c. 1075-c. 1125
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Scribes and scholars at Salisbury Cathedral, c. 1075-c. 1125
(Oxford historical monographs)
Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1992
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Revision of author's thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-196) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This is a study of the books of Salisbury Cathedral and their scribes in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries. These manuscripts form the largest collection to have survived from any English centre in the period following the Norman Conquest, and they bear witness to the energetic scribal and scholarly activities of a community of intelligent and able men.
Teresa Webber traces the interests and activities of the canons of Salisbury Cathedral from the evidence of their books. She reveals to us a lively Anglo-Norman centre of scholarship and religious devotion. Her study combines detailed palaeographic research with a keen understanding of medieval cultural and intellectual life. It is a distinguished contribution to medieval studies.
Table of Contents
- List of Plates
- Conventions and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Book Production at Salisbury in the Late Eleventh and Early Twelfth Centuries
- 2. The Content and Composition of the Collection
- 3. Salisbury and the Transmission of Latin Literature
- 4. Intellectual Interests
- 5. The Religious Life
- 6. Conclusion
- Appendix I. Group I Manuscripts: Texts and Scribes
- Appendix II. Group II Manuscipts: Texts and Scribes
- Appendix III. The Scala Virtutum
- Bibliography
- Index
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