Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse Cambridge written by Rodney M. Thomson and published by D. S. Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1284, Peterhouse is the University of Cambridge's oldest college. Its stated objective was to forward the study of theology, and before the Reformation it was a small community comprising a master and fourteen scholars.And yet by the late Middle Ages it had built up a substantial reference library. Today the college collection contains 277 manuscripts, almost all of which were at the College before the reformation, geared to the European university curriculum of the late middle ages. Founded in 1284 by Hugh of Balsham, bishop of Ely, Peterhouse is the University of Cambridge's oldest college. The earliest surviving version of its statutes, from 1344, declares that its primary function was to forward the studyof theology. Before the Reformation it was a small community, the statutes prescribing a master and fourteen scholars. And yet by the late Middle Ages it had built up a substantial reference library, out of all proportion to this small fellowship. Today the college collection contains 277 complete manuscripts; in addition, there are more than three hundred fragments in or taken from the bindings of early printed books. Almost all of the surviving books were at the College before the Reformation, so that the present collection represents the remains of its medieval library, not the accumulation of modern donations. This gives the collection a very particular character and interest. Not many of the books contain extensive or important illumination, and this absence has been exacerbated by massive vandalism apparently mainly perpetrated in the late sixteenth century. Neither does the collection containa high proportion of rare or unique texts, but rather many geared to the European university curriculum of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. This means that it is dominated by works of Aristotle in Latin and commentarieson them, by the philosophical theology of Peter Lombard, Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great and John Duns Scotus, by Justinian's Corpus Iuris Ciuilis and the Corpus Iuris Canonici and their commentators, and by medical texts. The founder is said to have bequeathed to the College 'many books of theology and some representing the other branches of knowledge'. None of these can be identified today, but in fact the history of the library is fairly opaque before c. 1400. The earliest surviving account roll is from 1374/5 and the earliest library-catalogue from 1418. Nearly all of the books were acquired by donation, and it is mainly by connecting the books to their donors that onecan track the growth of the collection prior to the early fifteenth century. Fortunately, Peterhouse books are rich in information about their previous owners, particularly those who brought or gave them to the College, thanks insome measure to the habit of recording the gifts by a pious inscription in them. About sixty names of owners and donors appear in the surviving books and donors appear in the surviving books and documents.
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse With an Essay on the History of the Library by J ohn W illis Clark written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse written by M. R. James and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Peterhouse, Cambridge, with an essay on the history of the college library by John Willis Clark, was first published in 1899. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse By Montague Rhodes James With an essay on the history of the library by J W Clark written by Peterhouse (University of Cambridge). Library and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse written by John Willis Clark and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-19 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Peterhouse, Cambridge, with an essay on the history of the college library by John Willis Clark, was first published in 1899. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Peterhouse, Cambridge, with an essay on the history of the college library by John Willis Clark, was first published in 1899. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College Cambridge written by Pembroke College (University of Cambridge). Library and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of St John s College Cambridge written by St. John's College (University of Cambridge). Library and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts of Pembroke College Cambridge written by Rodney M Thomson and published by D. S. Brewer. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College written by Montague Rhodes James and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-16 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collection of manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College falls into two main divisions which may be roughly described as the pre- and post-Reformation classes. The pre-Reformation books are those which were bought by the College, or given by its members, as being actually needed for study during the medieval period. They are the nucleus of the library as we see it to-day. A few other colleges in Cambridge, notably Peterhouse and Gonville and Caius, possess important relics of their medieval libraries, and in all the cases known to me the books in question are in the main undistinguished by external beauty, are written evidently with a view to cheapness, and contain only the works most commonly read in the schools. There are, to be sure, exceptions; we occasionally find books written, a couple of centuries before a college was founded, in the scriptorium of some great monastery which has sold them as duplicates, or perhaps presented them to a monk studying at the University. Thus Christ Church (Canterbury) and Buildwas have contributed books to Pembroke College. Generally speaking, however, the gifts of the medieval Fellows and the purchases made by colleges in medieval times are strictly practical and prosaic. The post-Reformation accessions are apt to be more interesting. They are usually derived from monastic libraries, and are such as appealed to the early collectors because of their contents or ornamentation.
Download or read book King s Hall Cambridge and the Fourteenth Century Universities written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-08-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection looks at the disciplines (from logic, through science and theology, to medicine and law) and their context in the late thirteenth and fourteenth-century universities, from the perspective of the usually neglected University of Cambridge.
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Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius written by Gonville and Caius College. Library and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Western Illuminated Manuscripts written by Paul Binski and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 725 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cambridge University Library's collection of illuminated manuscripts is of international significance. It originates in the medieval university and stands alongside the holdings of the colleges and the Fitzwilliam Museum. The University Library contains major European examples of medieval illumination from the ninth to the sixteenth centuries, with acknowledged masterpieces of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance book art, as well as illuminated literary texts, including the first complete Chaucer manuscript. This catalogue provides scholars and researchers easy access to the University Library's illuminated manuscripts, evaluating the importance of many of them for the very first time. It contains descriptions of famous manuscripts, for example the Life of Edward the Confessor attributed to Matthew Paris, as well as hundreds of lesser-known items. Beautifully illustrated throughout, the catalogue contains descriptions of individual manuscripts with up-to-date assessments of their style, origins and importance, together with bibliographical references.
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts in the Library of Clare College Cambridge written by Clare College (University of Cambridge). Library and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College Cambridge Classic Reprint written by Montague Rhodes James and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge Out of over three hundred manuscripts in the Library Of Pembroke College about half belong to the first of my two classes, and were acquired at various times during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. They are not by any means all the books that the College possessed. We have lists, doubtless incomplete, of gifts of books made by early Fellows and Masters, from which we learn that many volumes have been lost. It is not to be expected that these will be traced out now; yet the unexpected does sometimes happen, and a Pembroke manuscript may be seen in the University Library at Leyden'. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of St John s College Cambridge written by Montague Rhodes James and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue is a comprehensive description of the manuscripts in the library of St. John's College, Cambridge. The catalogue is well-organized, informative, and a must-read for anyone interested in manuscript studies. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
