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This well-organized guide is recommended by the Button Society as a
book that every button collector and dealer should own. The
standard book in the field, it gives information to identify the
age, material, and desirability of any button that may be found. It
covers buttons of every imaginable type, price range and age. Its
convenient size make it a perfect field guide, an easy reference
for forays into antique stores, flea markets, and yard sales. The
price guide is newly updated to reflect the current market.
'The Index of Middle English Prose' will ultimately locate,
identify and record all extant Middle English prose texts composed
between c.1200 and c.1500. The initial volumes, the 'Handlists'
give descriptions of each item in a particular collection, with
identification, categorisation, and full bibliographical data. This
volume examines libraries in Scandinavia containing Middle English
prose texts: the Royal Library of Copenhagen, Denmark, the Royal
Library of Stockholm, theUniversity Library of Uppsala, Sweden, and
the SchA|yen Collection in Oslo, Norway. An extensive collection of
alchemical writings in Copenhagen is listed for the first time.
Medical texts are well represented, including Lanfrank's surgery
and a Canutus treatise in Copenhagen, and the famous medical
miscellanies in Stockholm. Uppsala has a number of religious works.
The SchA|yen Collection is a private MS collection ontaining items
of Middle English prose. IRMA TAAVITSAINEN is a researcher and
member of the staff of the English Department at the University of
Helsinki, Finland.
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