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The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral
Richard GamesonCanterbury Cathedral. Library
其他書名
Manuscripts and Fragments to C. 1200
出版Bibliographical Society, 2008
主題History / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / Europe / MedievalLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Cataloging & ClassificationReference / Bibliographies & IndexesReference / Catalogs
ISBN071235008X9780712350082
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=hN6DQgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Beginning with Bede the Venerable’s account of its remarkable founding by St. Augustine, Canterbury Cathedral has long been thought of as one of the greatest literary centers of the Middle Ages. For the first time, The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral presents the entirety of Canterbury’s pre-thirteenth-century volumes—illustrated in full color—including the Alfredian translation of Gregory the Great’s Dialogues, Lanfranc’s gloss on the Epistles, and an extraordinarily grand copy of Peter Comestor’s Historia scholastica. Each manuscript is accompanied by a clear description and a broad-ranging analysis that not only explains the significance of the work in general, but of the Canterbury copy in particular—benefiting scholars of literary and archival history alike. A substantial introduction on the history of book production in Kent and Canterbury prior to the thirteenth century contextualizes the collection as whole and offers information on its development and use in the later Middle Ages, as well as the fate of its books during the course of the Reformation.