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The library at Hereford Cathedral is famous as one of the few
surviving chained libraries'; but the contents of the books secured
to the seventeenth century presses are less well known. There are
227 western manuscripts, of which about half have been at the
cathedral since before the Reformation. They range in date from the
eighth to the fifteenth century, and include finely-illustrated
patristic books of the twelfth century, a large collection of
Oxford University legal textbooks, and books of civil and canon law
from the end of the thirteenth century. Over half the volumes
survive in largely intact medieval bindings. The catalogue, begun
by the late Sir Roger Mynors and completed by Professor Thomson,
reflects the particular strengths of the collection. The many
glossed books are described using a particularly effective system
devised by Sir Roger Mynors. An introductory essay by Michael
Gullick describes the medieval bindings, and the plates cover not
only illumination and bindings, but medieval pressmarks and
ownership inscriptions, as well as examples of scripts.
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Adages Ii1 to Iv100 (Paperback)
Desiderius Erasmus; Notes by R.A.B. Mynors; Translated by Margaret Mann Phillips
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R2,649
Discovery Miles 26 490
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This volume covers a number of significant events and issues in
Erasmus' life and in the history of his times. He travels on
horseback from Louvain to Basel to assist his publisher and friend
Johann Froben during the crucial phases in the production of his
revised New Testament, the edition that he feels will be his
lasting contribution to the scholarly foundations of the Christian
faith. Once it is in the hands of the public he feels he will be
able to face the approach of old age more calmly. On the return
journey to Louvain he falls gravely ill from what is diagnosed as
bubonic plague, but recovers in a month and convalesces in the home
of another publisher-friend, Dirk Martens. International politics
continue to capture his attention. Requests for funds in support of
a papal crusade against the Turks arouse the flames of German
national sentiment. With the death of Maximilian I, friends of
Erasmus such as Richard Pace, Ulrich von Hutten, and Guillaume Bude
are involved in diplomatic negotiations concerning the imperial
succession. When Prince Ferdinand arrives from Spain and requires a
tutor, the question of Erasmus' own return to active court duties
is raised. After the appearance of Luther's Ninety-five Theses on
indulgences, purgatory, and papal authority, the question arises
among conservatives whether Erasmus' work too is a threat to the
traditional ways of the church and society. For the time being,
Erasmus is prepared to commend Luther and defend the latter's right
to be critical of the church. Erasmus' overriding conviction at
this point is that he and Luther are both part of the great
intellectual and spiritual renewal that is taking place in so many
parts of Europe. As Luther's appearance lends a new kind of
spiritual and patriotic vigour to German humanism, the cult of
Erasmus-Erasmus the fellow German-becomes an integral part of that
new enthusiasm, with Saxony and its elector, Frederick the Wise, at
its center.
Edited with a facing-page English translation from the Latin text
by: Brooke, C. N. L.; Unknown function: Mynors, R. A. B.
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Georgics (Paperback, Reissue)
Virgil; Edited by R.A.B. Mynors; Preface by R.G.M. Nisbet
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R2,739
Discovery Miles 27 390
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Virgil's Georgics, by common consent one of the greatest poems in
western literature, purports to be a didactic poem on agriculture,
but its true subject is man and his place in literature and
society. It is also a landmark in the use of the natural world as
material for literature, and in the history of man's attitude
towards his environment. The object of this commentary is to
present the poet's meaning and (as far as possible) his choice of
expression in the hope of achieving fuller understanding and
enjoyment of the poetry. The volume includes the late Sir Roger's
Oxford Classical Text of the Georgics together with apparatus
criticus, as well as an appendix of Greek sources. After Mynors's
death (in 1989) R. G. M. Nisbet added a short Preface to the
Commentary and compiled an index.
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