A Descriptive Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum

James Montague Rhodes Montague Rhodes James

ISBN 10: 1108003095 / ISBN 13: 9781108003094

Published by Cambridge University Press CUP, 2009

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pp. 644 Index.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Descriptive Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press CUP
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108003095
• ISBN 13: 9781108003094
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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 descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to researchers today. This volume describes the McClean Collection, bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1904 by Frank McClean, a Victorian polymath who was a civil engineer by profession but also pursued scientific research and the collection of antiquities, including the 201 manuscripts and 230 early printed books now in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The book is illustrated with 108 plates showing folios from the collection.

Book Description

M. R. James' magisterial catalogue of the McClean Collection of manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, describes the 201 manuscripts bequeathed to the Museum in 1904 by Frank McClean. This book, illustrated with 108 plates, is still of value to researchers today.