A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester 2 Volume Paperback Set by Montague Rhodes James, Hardcover, 9781108027823 | Buy online at The Nile
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester 2 Volume Paperback Set

Author: Montague Rhodes James   Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Printing, Publishing and Libraries

This two-volume catalogue describes 183 Latin manuscripts from the sixth to the nineteenth centuries, and includes 187 plates.

M. R. James' detailed and scholarly descriptive catalogue of 183 Latin manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, originally published in 1921, is still much sought after by librarians and researchers. Volume 1 contains the text and Volume 2 consists of 187 plates illustrating varieties of scripts, decorations and covers.

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This two-volume catalogue describes 183 Latin manuscripts from the sixth to the nineteenth centuries, and includes 187 plates.

M. R. James' detailed and scholarly descriptive catalogue of 183 Latin manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, originally published in 1921, is still much sought after by librarians and researchers. Volume 1 contains the text and Volume 2 consists of 187 plates illustrating varieties of scripts, decorations and covers.

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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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
19th May 2011
Pages
746
ISBN
9781108027823

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