The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral - Manuscripts and Fragments to C. 1200

Canterbury preserves a significant collection of medieval manuscripts. This work catalogues and discusses all its pre-13th-century books. It highlights a range of book from the oldest copies of the Alfredian translation of Gregory the Great's "Dialogues", Lanfranc's "Gloss on the Epistles" and a copy of Peter Comestor's "Historia" scholastica.

About the author

Richard Gameson is Professor of the History of the Book at Durham University.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Gameson
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.10.2008
• EAN: 9780712350082
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5008-2
• No. of pages: 414
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 254 mm x 38 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages