Catalogue of the Pre-1500 Western Manuscript Books at the Newberry Library

Name: Catalogue of the Pre-1500 Western Manuscript Books at the Newberry Library
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ISBN: 9780226733500

ISBN-10: 0226733505

ISBN-13: 9780226733500

Edition: 1989

Authors: Paul Saenger

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The Newberry Library in Chicago possesses one of the most distinguished collections of medieval and Renaissance manuscript books in North America. Based on two major private collections of the late nineteenth century--those of Henry Probasco and Edward E. Ayer--and scrupulously added to in this century, the holdings include late medieval bibles and breviaries, books of hours and books of homilies, and seminal texts on astronomy. Some of the books, such as those from the libraries of Philip the Good and Anne of Brittany, are beautifully illuminated. But the collection also includes an unusual array of "typical" medieval books, chosen not for their beauty but for their paleographical,…

Book details

List price: $299.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/15/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 332
Size: 0.87" wide x 1.12" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 2.728
Language: English

Introduction Abbreviations and References Catalogue Examples of Selected Scripts Index of Authors, Titles, and Subjects Incipits of Latin Prayers and Unidentified or Difficult-to-Identify Texts and Fragments Index of Scribes, Former Owners, and Selected Codicological Characteristics Table of Dated and Datable Manuscripts Plates of Selected Dated and Datable Manuscripts and Unidentified Coats of Arms