Beginning with Bede the Venerable's account of its remarkable founding by St. Augustine, Canterbury Cathedral has long been thought of as one of the greatest literary centers of the Middle Ages. For the first time, The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral presents the entirety of Canterbury's pre-thirteenth-century volumes--illustrated in full color--including the Alfredian translation of Gregory the Great's Dialogues , Lanfranc's gloss on the Epistles, and an extraordinarily grand copy of Peter Comestor's Historia ...
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Beginning with Bede the Venerable's account of its remarkable founding by St. Augustine, Canterbury Cathedral has long been thought of as one of the greatest literary centers of the Middle Ages. For the first time, The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral presents the entirety of Canterbury's pre-thirteenth-century volumes--illustrated in full color--including the Alfredian translation of Gregory the Great's Dialogues , Lanfranc's gloss on the Epistles, and an extraordinarily grand copy of Peter Comestor's Historia scholastica. Each manuscript is accompanied by a clear description and a broad-ranging analysis that not only explains the significance of the work in general, but of the Canterbury copy in particular--benefiting scholars of literary and archival history alike. A substantial introduction on the history of book production in Kent and Canterbury prior to the thirteenth century contextualizes the collection as whole and offers information on its development and use in the later Middle Ages, as well as the fate of its books during the course of the Reformation.
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Fine Condition in Fine jacket. Blue cloth. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear-contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: books on books; ISBN/EAN: 9780712350082. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 989.
Add this copy of The Earliest Books of Canterbury Cathedral Manuscripts to cart. $39.00, very good condition, Sold by Leaf and Stone Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Toronto, ON, CANADA, published 2008 by The Bibliographical Society; the British Library.
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Very Good in Good dust jacket. 071235008X. 414 pp. Index of manuscripts; Index of people and places. Illustrated with coloured plates. Octavo. Baby blue dust jacket with medieval manuscript on vellum. Some slight edge curl to the DJ, book itself is clean and unmarked, lovely copy. Prof. Gameson has here described all Canterbury's pre-13th century manuscripts for the first time. Each is illustrated in colour. Highlights range from the oldest copies of the Alfredian translation of Gregory the Great's Dialogues and of Lanfranc's gloss on the Epistles, through fine liturgica, to an extraordinary copy of Peter Comestor's Historia Scholastica...; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 414 pages.
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