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Author | : Linne R. Mooney |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9781843841463 |
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The Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, contains the largest collection of medieval manuscripts of any college in Great Britain, and one of the most important collections in the world. The subjects contained therein cover the whole range of topics usual to medieval manuscripts, with the single bias being that the majority were produced in Britain. Particularly noteworthy are Wycliffite translations of the Bible, sermons, and Wycliffite tracts; three manuscripts containing Nicholas Love's 'Mirror of the Blessed Lif of Ihesu Crist'; and major collections of devotional texts. Trinity is also rich in medieval scientific manuscripts, many of which came through Roger Gale's interest in this field; they include a number of large medical manuscripts whose compilers were apparently trying to bring together much of the current knowledge of the day, from tracts by such men as John of Arderne and Gilbertus Angelicus, with recipes for treatments, under a single cover. The collection also contains major compilations of alchemical tracts; historical and legal material; and unique Middle English translations of classical and early medieval texts. Finally, a number of known Middle English texts not previously thought to be in the Trinity Collection are identified, opening new areas for study of Trinity's manuscripts, especially the medical and scientific texts which have much to tell of scientific learning in England in the later middle ages. LINNE R. MOONEY is Associate Professor of English at the University of Maine (and a former graduate of the Center for Medieval Studies at Toronto).
Author | : Sarah Ogilvie-Thomson |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781843841524 |
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The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES
Author | : G. A. Lester |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781843841494 |
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Author | : Irma Taavitseinen |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9781843841449 |
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Handlist to Middle English prose items in Scandinavian libraries.
Author | : Paul Acker |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2023-04-04 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1843846918 |
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Handlist to the rich collection of manuscripts contained in five major libraries across New York, giving a full account of their provenance. This volume provides detailed descriptions of Middle English prose materials found in the Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscripts Library, The Pierpont Morgan Library, The New York Public Library, The New York Academy of Medicine Library, and New York University Bobst Library (Special Collections). The manuscripts tend to be less well known than those in English libraries, with overlooked texts such as the Pseudo-Hildegard Anti-Mendicant Prophecy; The Book of Palmistry; a subject index of legal statutes; culinary and medical recipes; and English instructions to Latin prayers in Books of Hours. Other manuscripts of note include Trevisa's translation of De proprietatibus rerum by Bartholomaeus Anglicus, used as a copy-text for Wynkyn de Worde's first edition printed ca. 1495; and deluxe illustrated manuscripts of The Pilgrimage of the Soul and Ordinances of Chivalry. The introduction to the volume highlights the particular interests of the various collectors and the influences and characteristics underpinning their acquisitions. All but one of the manuscripts described from Columbia University were acquired by George A. Plimpton (1855-1936), whose firm, Ginn and Co., published spelling books. His collection records an interest in the history of education, with MS 258, a primer probably compiled for an English schoolchild, being a highlight. John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) specialized in expensive, illustrated manuscripts, aided in his purchases by Belle da Costa Greene, who became the first director of the Morgan Library as a public institution under J.P. Morgan, Jr. Curt F. Bühler became the Keeper of Printed Books at the Morgan in 1934, bequeathing to the Library the manuscripts that he had bought over the years. James Lenox and John Jacob Astor established the New York Public Library, with Lenox donating two Wycliffite Bibles and Astor a third. The New York Academy of Medicine owns two manuscripts relating to the work of the French surgeon Guy de Chauliac.
Author | : Laurel Braswell |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781843841531 |
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Among the finest manuscripts are a 'Roman de la Rose' with 125 miniatures, a 'Piers Plowman', the 'Ormsby Psalter' and the famous 'Douce Apocalypse'.
Author | : Ralph Hanna |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781843841470 |
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Author | : Peter Brown |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 96 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781843841456 |
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Author | : Patrick J. Horner |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781843841517 |
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Author | : Oliver S. Pickering |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2007-08 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781843841487 |
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This volume contains indexes to a university library, a monastic library, two cathedral libraries, a diocesan library and three record offices. Outstanding among the manuscripts are two Wycliffite New Testaments and John Mirk's popular sermon collection 'The Festial'.