English Medieval Books The Reading Abbey Collections from Foundation to Dispersal

Name: English Medieval Books The Reading Abbey Collections from Foundation to Dispersal
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ISBN: 9780198207566

ISBN-10: 0198207565

ISBN-13: 9780198207566

Edition: 1999

Authors: Alan Coates

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This history of the books of Reading Abbey covers the period from the abbey's foundation to its dissolution, and follows up the dispersal of the book collections to c.1610. It provides valuable material on the use ways in which books were used, and about the intellectual life of a medieval monastery. By continuing the story beyond the Dissolution, and charting the initial stages of the dispersal of the Abbeys books (many into the large institutional collections which are their homes today), Alan Coates makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the fate of monastic books and book-collecting in the post-Dissolution period.

Book details

List price: $250.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/22/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 236
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.53" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Brief History of Reading and its Abbey


The Fingall Cartulary Book List



Book Lists in the Fingall Cartulary


A Comparison between the Twelfth-Century Collections and those of other Houses


The Palaeography of the Twelfth-Century Manuscripts


The Book Collections from c. 1200 to the Dissolution



List of Books Copied




The Letter of Alured the Sacrist



Lists in Oxford, St Johns College, MS 11 Study at University



The Study of Greek


The Acquisition, Housing, and Management of the Book Collections


The Dispersal of the Books at the Dissolution Plan of Reading Abbey



Principal Contents of Surviving Manuscripts and Printed Books


Bibliography


Notes to the Plates


Index