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The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist XVIII: Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the Fitzwilliam Museum

The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist XVIII: Manuscripts in the Library of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and the Fitzwilliam Museum

Rand, Kari Anne

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Series: Index of Middle English Prose, Book 18

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ISBN10: 1843840537
ISBN13: 9781843840534
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: Feb 16 2006
Pages: 160
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.92 Depth: 9.90
Language: English
The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES

Two very different collections are surveyed in this volume. The manuscripts of Pembroke College, Cambridge are typical of a medieval foundation. Its core of books is a working library of that period, representing the interests andneeds of its Fellows, very often given or bequeathed by them to the College. The collection was substantially enlarged in 1599 through the gift by William Smart of Ipswich of a large number of manuscripts which until the Reformation had belonged to the Abbey of Bury St Edmunds. By contrast the emphasis of the Fitzwilliam Museum collection is to a great extent art historical. At its heart are the manuscripts bequeathed by Lord Fitzwilliam in 1816. These were supplemented throughout the 19th century by a series of gifts and bequests, culminating in 1904 in the largest bequest to date, from Frank McClean, of some 203 manuscripts.

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