Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover - The Catalogues of Libraries of Christ Church Priory St. Augustine s

Informationen zum Autor Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), the translator, was educated at King's College, Cambridge University. He continued at King's as Fellow, Lecturer, Tutor, and Provost. He spent the last part of his career as Provost of Eton. He is also the translator of 'The Apocryphal New Testament' and numerous other ancient works. Klappentext M. R. James' monumental study of three important monastic libraries and the fate of their manuscripts after the English Reformation. Zusammenfassung In this monumental study! first published in 1903! M. R. James examines medieval catalogues of three important monastic libraries in Kent that were dispersed during the English Reformation. He succeeds in identifying many of the 'lost' manuscripts from those collections! now preserved among the holdings of modern universities and institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Catalogues: Christ Church Priory; St. Augustine's Abbey; Priory of St. Martin at Dover; Appendix; Index.

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• Authors: Montague Rhodes James
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108027861
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02786-1
• No. of pages: 654
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Kent, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Bibliographies, catalogues