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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library (Hardcover, Revised 2000 and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Include New De)
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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library (Hardcover, Revised 2000 and Thumb Indexed and Updated to Include New De)
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Collection of 277 litle-known medieval manuscripts, second only in
number to Durham; special strengths are scholastic theology,
biblical studies and sermons 13c-15c, and early music. 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 libraryis
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; 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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