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English medieval books : the Reading Abbey collections from foundation to dispersal

Author: Alan Coates
Publisher: Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series: Oxford historical monographs.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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"This history of the books of Reading Abbey covers the period from the abbey's foundation to its dissolution, and also charts the dispersal of the book collections up until c.1610. It provides valuable evidence for intellectual life and the use of books in a medieval monastery. By continuing the story beyond the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and charting the initial stages of the dispersal of the Abbey's books  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Alan Coates
ISBN: 0198207565 9780198207566
OCLC Number: 39733501
Notes: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oxford, 1991.
Description: xxi, 211 p., 9 p of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Brief History of Reading and its Abbey --
2. The Fingall Cartulary Book List --
Appendix A. Book Lists in the Fingall Cartulary --
3. A Comparison between the Twelfth-century Collections and those of Other Houses --
4. The Palaeography of the Twelfth-century Manuscripts --
5. The Book Collections from c.1200 to the Dissolution --
Appendix B. List of Books Copied by Bro. W. de Wicumbe --
Appendix C. Letter of Alured the Sacrist --
Appendix D. Lists in Oxford, St. John's Coll., MS 11 --
6. Study at University --
Appendix E. The Study of Greek --
7. The Acquisition, Housing, and Management of the Book Collections --
8. The Dispersal of the Books at the Dissolution --
Appendix F. The Surviving Manuscripts and Printed Books.
Series Title: Oxford historical monographs.
Responsibility: Alan Coates.
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Abstract:

"This history of the books of Reading Abbey covers the period from the abbey's foundation to its dissolution, and also charts the dispersal of the book collections up until c.1610. It provides valuable evidence for intellectual life and the use of books in a medieval monastery. By continuing the story beyond the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and charting the initial stages of the dispersal of the Abbey's 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 second half of the sixteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.

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