Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, Volume I: London

8vo (24 cm), XXXVIII, 437 pp, 10 plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj frayed at extremities, with a small part missing at the back, binding and interior in fine condition). This is the first volume of three designed to supplement the catalogs of medieval literary manuscripts and service books written in Latin and the vernaculars of Western Europe. These manuscripts belong to institutions in Britain, excluding the British Library, the Bodleian Library, and the Cambridge University Library. The first volume provides information on nearly 700 manuscripts housed in 43 institutions in London. The cataloging scale varies, with manuscripts in smaller collections and those not listed in prior printed catalogs generally described in detail.