Author: Kari Anne Rand
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843840537
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES Two very different collections are surveyed in this volume. The manuscripts of Pembroke College, Cambridge are typical of a medieval foundation. Its core of books is a working library of that period, representing the interests andneeds of its Fellows, very often given or bequeathed by them to the College. The collection was substantially enlarged in 1599 through the gift by William Smart of Ipswich of a large number of manuscripts which until the Reformation had belonged to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. By contrast the emphasis of the Fitzwilliam Museum collection is to a great extent art historical. At its heart are the manuscripts bequeathed by Lord Fitzwilliam in 1816. These were supplemented throughout the 19th century by a series of gifts and bequests, culminating in 1904 in the largest bequest to date, from Frank McClean, of some 203 manuscripts. In spite of the different character of the two collections, both contain a range of Middle English prose items, among them Chaucer's Boece, a complete Wycliffite sermon cycle and several Paston letters [all from Pembroke], the Anlaby Cartulary, the "Canutus" pestilence tract, the Brut, Lydgate's Serpent of Division and Nicholas Love's Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ (from the Fitzwilliam). KARI ANNE RAND is Professor of Older English Literature at the University of Oslo.
Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge and the Fitzwilliam Museum
Author: Kari Anne Rand
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843840537
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES Two very different collections are surveyed in this volume. The manuscripts of Pembroke College, Cambridge are typical of a medieval foundation. Its core of books is a working library of that period, representing the interests andneeds of its Fellows, very often given or bequeathed by them to the College. The collection was substantially enlarged in 1599 through the gift by William Smart of Ipswich of a large number of manuscripts which until the Reformation had belonged to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. By contrast the emphasis of the Fitzwilliam Museum collection is to a great extent art historical. At its heart are the manuscripts bequeathed by Lord Fitzwilliam in 1816. These were supplemented throughout the 19th century by a series of gifts and bequests, culminating in 1904 in the largest bequest to date, from Frank McClean, of some 203 manuscripts. In spite of the different character of the two collections, both contain a range of Middle English prose items, among them Chaucer's Boece, a complete Wycliffite sermon cycle and several Paston letters [all from Pembroke], the Anlaby Cartulary, the "Canutus" pestilence tract, the Brut, Lydgate's Serpent of Division and Nicholas Love's Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ (from the Fitzwilliam). KARI ANNE RAND is Professor of Older English Literature at the University of Oslo.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 1843840537
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES Two very different collections are surveyed in this volume. The manuscripts of Pembroke College, Cambridge are typical of a medieval foundation. Its core of books is a working library of that period, representing the interests andneeds of its Fellows, very often given or bequeathed by them to the College. The collection was substantially enlarged in 1599 through the gift by William Smart of Ipswich of a large number of manuscripts which until the Reformation had belonged to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. By contrast the emphasis of the Fitzwilliam Museum collection is to a great extent art historical. At its heart are the manuscripts bequeathed by Lord Fitzwilliam in 1816. These were supplemented throughout the 19th century by a series of gifts and bequests, culminating in 1904 in the largest bequest to date, from Frank McClean, of some 203 manuscripts. In spite of the different character of the two collections, both contain a range of Middle English prose items, among them Chaucer's Boece, a complete Wycliffite sermon cycle and several Paston letters [all from Pembroke], the Anlaby Cartulary, the "Canutus" pestilence tract, the Brut, Lydgate's Serpent of Division and Nicholas Love's Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ (from the Fitzwilliam). KARI ANNE RAND is Professor of Older English Literature at the University of Oslo.
The Index of Middle English Prose
Author: Kari Anne Rand Schmidt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English prose literature
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Author: Montague Rhodes James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108000284
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book 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 detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Pembroke College was first published in 1905. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108000284
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book 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 detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Pembroke College was first published in 1905. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.
The index of Middle English prose : handlist .... 18. Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge and the Fitzwilliam Museum
Author: Anthony Stockwell Garfield Edwards
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843840534
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781843840534
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Author: M. R. James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781696275705
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book 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 detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Pembroke College was first published in 1905. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781696275705
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book 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 detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Pembroke College was first published in 1905. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the University of Edinburgh
Author: Edinburgh University Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1424
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1424
Book Description
List of Books Forming the Reference Library in the Reading Room of the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1162
Book Description
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Manuscripts in Christ's, Emmanuel, Jesus, Selwyn and Sidney Sussex Colleges, Peterhouse and Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Author: Angela M. Lucas
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843844222
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Latest volume in a series which is a monumental achievement (Review of English Studies)
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843844222
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Latest volume in a series which is a monumental achievement (Review of English Studies)