Letters of Humfrey Wanley Palaeographer, Anglo-Saxonist, Librarian, 1672-1726

Name: Letters of Humfrey Wanley Palaeographer, Anglo-Saxonist, Librarian, 1672-1726
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ISBN: 9780198124771

ISBN-10: 0198124775

ISBN-13: 9780198124771

Edition: 1989

Authors: P. L. Heyworth, P. L. Heyworth

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This collection of 243 letters, only a handful of which have previously appeared in print, illustrates the full range of Humfrey Wanley's interests as Anglo-Saxonist, palaeographer, and the greatest librarian of his age. Covering the years from his arrival in Oxford in 1694 to his death in 1726, they show the genesis and growth of Wanley's great Catalogus, his comprehensive account of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts published in 1705. They also chart his formulation of palaeography as a discipline for English scholarship from an immense range of ancient materials, and illustrate the skill and energy with which Wanley, as library-keeper to Robert Harley, built up the Harleian collection…

Book details

List price: $58.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/8/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 556
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 1.38" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English