The Manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth Palace

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Montague Rhodes James

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Paperback / softback

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Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries

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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 detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. This book, first published in 1900, lists about six hundred medieval manuscripts in the library at Lambeth Palace, most of them collected by Archbishop Bancroft (d. 1610). These were sent to Cambridge University Library during Cromwell's Protectorate, and returned to Lambeth Palace at the Restoration. Referring to several early inventories, James succeeds in tracing the ownership of many of the manuscripts back to English monastic houses dissolved at the Reformation including Durham Priory, Lanthony (near Gloucester), and Ely.

Release date Australia

June 10th, 2010

Author

Montague Rhodes James

Audience

Professional & Vocational

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Worked examples or Exercises

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Series

Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries

Dimensions

152x229x8

ISBN-13

9781108011327

Product ID

6397747

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