Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridg

Cambridge University Library houses a vast and internationally important collection of manuscripts, from early medieval illustrated bibles to personal papers and administrative records of the university. These volumes, first published between 1856 and 1867, contain the first published catalogue of the manuscripts held by the University Library. Edited by Henry Richards Luard (1825-91), Registrary of the University, these volumes provide detailed descriptions of the manuscript collection of the University Library as it was in the mid-nineteenth century. Information on the appearance, condition, age and provenance of the manuscripts is provided, together with accounts of their contents, to provide a practical and highly detailed guide to this fascinating collection. Volume 4 describes classmarks Ll.1-Oo.7, containing ecclesiastical biographies from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, collections of legal statutes from the fourteenth century, sixteenth-century magical texts and fourteenth-century Latin translations of Avicenna's Canones.

Summary

Cambridge University Library houses a vast and internationally important collection of manuscripts. These volumes, first published between 1856–67, contain the first published catalogue of the manuscripts held by the University Library, providing the appearance, condition, age and provenance of the manuscripts. Volume 4 describes classmarks Ll.1-Oo.7.

Product details

• Assisted by: H. R. Luard (Editor)
• Authors: H. R. Luard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 08.12.2011
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies
• EAN: 9781108034364
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03436-4
• Pages: 572
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries > Volume 4; A Catalogue of the Manuscripts Preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge 6 Volume Set
• Subjects: English, Cambridgeshire, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Bibliographies, catalogues