Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Books in the Library of Congress: A Descriptive Catalog

Schutzner, Svato ; ; Foreward by William Matheson

ISBN 10: 0844405167 ISBN 13: 9780844405162

Published by Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia, 1989

Language: English

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Volume I: Bibles, Liturgy, Books of Hours. xl, 421 pp. LCC: 85600260 Very good condition; traces of wear on covers.

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Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Books in the Library of Congress: A Descriptive Catalog

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Library of Congress, Washington, District of Columbia

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1989

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English

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0844405167

ISBN 13

9780844405162

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Hardcover

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references a wealth of unpublished texts held at the Library of Congress. There are 52 manuscripts described in this volume, among which: a selection of John Chrysostom's ascetic works in Latin, expositio mystica super vos qui transituri, Petrus Comestor's Historia scholastica, Guillaume Peyrauts Summa de vitiis, Nicolaus de Gorran's Distinctiones and Moralitates de XLII Mansionibus, Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda aurea and Sermones de sanctis et festis, pseudo-hieronymiana, Ambrose of Milan's Exameron, Thomas Aquinas' In librum quartum Sententiarum, Antonino Pierozzi's Specchio di coscienza, several "decretum", acts from the Council of Basel, Benedictine rule for nuns as well as Carmelite materials, and many other manuscripts. Also included are a general index, indexes of illustrative matter, of former owners, of secundo folio, and of initia, and a concordance of old and new designations.

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