The University & College Libraries of Great Britain and Ireland
Author : Luxmoore Newcombe
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 37,41 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN :
Author : Luxmoore Newcombe
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 37,41 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN :
Author : Sargent Bush
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 25,69 MB
Release : 2005-10-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780521020756
The first early history of this library detailing the intellectual resources available to the many influential Emmanuel men of the period.
Author : Philip Gaskell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2010-10-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 110801593X
Gaskell investigates the early history of Trinity College Library and traces its development into the greatest of college libraries.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 13,8 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Bibliographical literature
ISBN :
"An index to library and information science".
Author : Thomas Greenwood
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,83 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Art
ISBN :
Author : Kari Anne Rand
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1843840537
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES Two very different collections are surveyed in this volume. The manuscripts of Pembroke College, Cambridge are typical of a medieval foundation. Its core of books is a working library of that period, representing the interests andneeds of its Fellows, very often given or bequeathed by them to the College. The collection was substantially enlarged in 1599 through the gift by William Smart of Ipswich of a large number of manuscripts which until the Reformation had belonged to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. By contrast the emphasis of the Fitzwilliam Museum collection is to a great extent art historical. At its heart are the manuscripts bequeathed by Lord Fitzwilliam in 1816. These were supplemented throughout the 19th century by a series of gifts and bequests, culminating in 1904 in the largest bequest to date, from Frank McClean, of some 203 manuscripts. In spite of the different character of the two collections, both contain a range of Middle English prose items, among them Chaucer's Boece, a complete Wycliffite sermon cycle and several Paston letters [all from Pembroke], the Anlaby Cartulary, the "Canutus" pestilence tract, the Brut, Lydgate's Serpent of Division and Nicholas Love's Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ (from the Fitzwilliam). KARI ANNE RAND is Professor of Older English Literature at the University of Oslo.
Author : Oliver S. Pickering
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,13 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780859915472
Handlist to manuscripts in one of Britain's major medieval repositories. Lambeth Palace Library, which dates from a bequest by Archbishop Bancroft in 1610, is one of England's major repositories of medieval manuscripts. More than half of the ninety-six manuscripts and documents containing items of Middle English prose were already present when the library was temporarily transferred to Cambridge in 1647. In the succeeding centuries further manuscript materials have continually been added, and within the last few years the library has become home to the older part of Sion College Library, an event that has added a further seven manuscripts to the present handlist. The collection at Lambeth is large enough to be fully representative of the corpus of Middle English prose: the Brut, the Wycliffite Bible, and Love's Mirror, for example, are all present, in some cases in multiple copies, as are writings by Hilton and Rolle. There are sermon cycles (including an almost complete set of Wycliffite sermons), medical recipes, historical works, and anthologies of religious treatises. Altogether the current handlist indexes almost 800 separate items, ranging from the veterinary to the liturgical. O.S. PICKERINGis Senior Assistant Librarian and Associate Lecturer in English at the University of Leeds; V.M. O'MARAis Lecturer in English at the University of Hull.
Author : Sears Reynolds Jayne
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Libraries
ISBN :
Author : S. J. Ogilvie-Thomson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 10,99 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781843841524
The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES
Author : David H. Stam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 50,25 MB
Release : 2001-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1136777849
Following the format of Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places and International Dictionary of University Histories, the International Dictionary of Library Histories provides basic information for each institution - location and holdings - followed by an extensive (1,000-5,000 word) essay on its history as well as a Further Reading list. In addition, the dictionary includes introductory articles on the history of various types of libraries and a library history in various regions of the world. The dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions from around the world, including the world's most important research libraries and other libraries with globally or regionally notable collections, innovative traditions, and significant and interesting histories. The essays take advantage of the growing scholarship of library history to provide insightful overviews of each institution, including not only the traditional values of these libraries but their innovations as well, such as developments in automated systems and electronic delivery. The profiles will emphasize the unique materials of research in these institutions - archives, manuscripts, personal and institutional papers. The introductory articles on types of libraries include topics ranging from theological libraries to prison libraries, from the ancient to the digital. An international team of more than 200 leading scholars in the field have contributed essays to the project.