A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester

By:

Montague Rhodes James

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries

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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.

Release date NZ

May 19th, 2011

Author

Montague Rhodes James

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

187 Plates, black and white

Pages

202

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries

Dimensions

11x297x210

ISBN-13

9781108027816

Product ID

10372353

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