English Medieval Books - The Reading Abbey Collections From Foundation to Dispersal

Zusatztext Meticulously detailed account Klappentext This history of the books of Reading Abbey covers the period from the abbey's foundation to its dissolution, and follows up the dispersal of the book collections to c.1610. It provides valuable material on the ways in which books were used, and about the intellectual life of medieval monastery. Alan Coates makes an important contribution to our understanding of the fate of monastic books and book-collecting in the post-Dissolution period. Zusammenfassung This study of the books of Reading Abbey covers not only the whole history of the Abbey from its foundation, but also charts the subsequent dispersal of its book collection. In doing so, the author illustrates intellectual life in a medieval English monastery and, in particular, valuable insights into the fate of monastic books after the Dissolution of the monasteries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Brief History of Reading and its Abbey The Fingall Cartulary Book List Appendix A: Book Lists in the Fingall Cartulary A Comparison between the Twelfth-Century Collections and those of other Houses The Palaeography of the Twelfth-Century Manuscripts The Book Collections from c. 1200 to the Dissolution Appendix B: List of Books Copied by Brother W. de. Wicumbe Appendix C: The Letter of Alured the Sacrist Appendix D: Lists in Oxford, St Johns College, MS 11 Study at University Appendix E: The Study of Greek The Acqusition, Housing, and Management of the Book Collections The Dispersal of the Books at the Dissolution Plan of Reading Abbey Appendix F: Principal Contents of Surviving Manuscripts and Printed Books Bibliography, Notes to the Plates, Index

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• Authors: Alan Coates, Alan (Assistant Librarian Coates, Coates Alan
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.02.1999
• EAN: 9780198207566
• ISBN: 978-0-19-820756-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs; Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Monasticism, Berkshire, Christianity, British & Irish history, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Religious communities and monasticism, Christian communities & monasticism