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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library

by Michael Gullick, R. M. Thomson

  • Hardback
  • 304 pages
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • 24.4 x 32.3 x 3.2 cm

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Worcester Cathedral Library contains 277 medieval manuscripts, the largest number of any English cathedral except Durham. Most of them belonged to the pre-Reformation Cathedral Priory and date between the eleventh and late fifteenth centuries. The collection has never been adequately catalogued before, and is consequently little known; much of the contents of the books, their physical features and history, is here described for the first time. The library is rich in late medieval theology and sermon-literature. Many of the books are important because of their connections with Oxford University, and constitute a valuable source for the history of studies there after c.1300. The Worcester monks tended to annotate and write their names in their books, and some seventy of them are identified. Great treasures are the Worcester Antiphoner, and the fragments of early polyphonic music, some newly-discovered and described for the first time. About half the books are in their medieval bindings, including the second-oldest intact Anglo-Saxon binding. These are described individually, and the history of binding at the Cathedral Priory traced, by Michael Gullick.The rest of the Introduction is devoted to the history of the books and library to the early 1600s. There are indexes of incipits and of manuscripts other than those catalogued, as well as a general index. R.M. Thomson is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Tasmania. Thsi work includes Michael Gullick, other cathedral library catalogues; catalogue of the manuscripts of Hereford Cathedral Library and catalogue of the manuscripts of Lincoln Cathedral Chapter Library.
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For and Against Abelard: The Invective of Bernard of Clairvaux and Berengar of PoitiersA Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library

  • Authors

    Michael Gullick +1

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Boydell & Brewer Ltd

  • Published

    July 2001

  • Edition

    Revised 2000 and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Include New De

  • Weight

    1962g

  • Page Count

    304

  • Dimensions

    24.4 x 32.3 x 3.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780859916189

  • ISBN-10

    0859916189

  • Eden Code

    1197097

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