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Somerset Mediaeval Libraries: And Miscellaneous Notices of Books in Somerset Prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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A few remarks on the formation and constitution of Mediaeval Libraries, on the writing and illuminating of mss., and the course of reading prescribed in monasteries, may not be amiss here; any observations On private libraries, at any rate in Somerset at the period with which we are dealing, might be confined within almost as narrow limits as the celebrated essay on Snakes in Ireland.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1331967325
- ISBN 13 9781331967323
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages215
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