A descriptive catalogue of the McClean collection of manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum
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A descriptive catalogue of the McClean collection of manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum
（Cambridge library collection, . Cambridge）
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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"This digitally printed version 2009"--T.p. verso
Facsim. of ed. published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1912
"Frank McClean, 1837-1904 [biographical notice by Prof. H.F. Newall]": p. [xi]-xvii
Inclues indexes: I. Historical scenes and persons. II. Saints occurring in kalendars. etc. III. Objects. IV. Owners, scribes, places. etc., excluding authors. V. Literary contents
Description and Table of Contents
Description
M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to researchers today. This volume describes the McClean Collection, bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1904 by Frank McClean, a Victorian polymath who was a civil engineer by profession but also pursued scientific research and the collection of antiquities, including the 201 manuscripts and 230 early printed books now in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The book is illustrated with 108 plates showing folios from the collection.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Bibliographical notice
- 3. Short list of the manuscripts
- 4. Catalogue
- Indexes
- Plates.
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