A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester (Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries) (Volume 1) - Softcover

James, Montague Rhodes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108027806 ISBN 13: 9781108027809

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

M. R. James (1862-1936), best known as a writer of chilling ghost stories, 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. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. This two-volume catalogue, first published in 1921, was commissioned as the fourth in a series of guides to the collection of Oriental and Western manuscripts in the John Rylands Library. It describes 183 Latin rolls and codices dating from the sixth to the nineteenth century, their material, dimensions, structure, provenance, decoration and content. Volume 1 contains the text, and Volume 2 consists of 187 plates, illustrating a wide range of scripts, decorations and covers. James' book is still sought after and this reissue will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

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Book Description:

M. R. James' detailed and scholarly descriptive catalogue of 183 Latin manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, originally published in 1921, is still much sought after by librarians and researchers. Volume 1 contains the text and Volume 2 consists of 187 plates illustrating varieties of scripts, decorations and covers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108027806
• ISBN 13: 9781108027809
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 362