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Letters of Humfrey Wanley: Palaeographer, Anglo-Saxonist, Librarian, 1672-1726

Palaeographer, Anglo-Saxonist, Librarian, 1672-1726. With an Appendix of Documents

Author: Heyworth and Humphrey Wanley  

A scholarly edition of the letters of Humfrey Wanley. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

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A scholarly edition of the letters of Humfrey Wanley. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

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This collection of 243 letters, only a handful of which have previously appeared in print, illustrates the full range of Humfrey Wanley's interests as Anglo-Saxonist, palaeographer, and the greatest librarian of his age. Covering the years from his arrival in Oxford in 1694 to his death in 1726, they show the genesis and growth of Wanley's great Catalogus, his comprehensive account of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts published in 1705. They also chart his formulation ofpalaeography as a discipline for English scholarship from an immense range of ancient materials, and illustrate the skill and energy with which Wanley, as library-keeper to Robert Harley, built up theHarleian collection (subsequently one of the foundation collections of the British Museum).

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Critic Reviews

“'impeccably edited ... and handsomely produced ... fascinating reading'Katherine Swift, Rare Books Newsletter”

'a distinguished contribution to English medieval scholarship'E.G. Stanley, Pembroke College, Oxford, Notes and Queries

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About the Author

P. L. Heyworth is at University of Toronto.

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This collection of 243 letters, only a handful of which have previously appeared in print, illustrates the full range of Humfrey Wanley's interests as Anglo-Saxonist, palaeographer, and the greatest librarian of his age. Covering the years from his arrival in Oxford in 1694 to his death in 1726, they show the genesis and growth of Wanley's great Catalogus, his comprehensive account of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts published in 1705. They also chart his formulation of palaeography as a discipline for English scholarship from an immense range of ancient materials, and illustrate the skill and energy with which Wanley, as library-keeper to Robert Harley, built up the Harleian collection (subsequently one of the foundation collections of the British Museum).

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Publisher
Clarendon Press
Published
30th June 1989
Pages
560
ISBN
9780198124771

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