A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse, Cambridge (Hardcover)

Founded in 1284, Peterhouse is the University of Cambridge's oldest college. Its stated objective was to forward the study of theology,and before the Reformation it was a small community comprising a master and fourteen scholars.And yet by the late Middle Ages it had built up a substantial reference library. Today the college collection contains 277 manuscripts, almost all of which were at the College before the reformation, geared to the European university curriculum of the late middle ages.

General

Imprint:	D.S. Brewer
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2016
Authors:	Rodney M. Thomson
Dimensions:	312 x 237 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	324
ISBN-13:	978-1-84384-441-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > Bibliographies, catalogues, discographies
LSN:	1-84384-441-9
Barcode:	9781843844419

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