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A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse: With an Essay on the History of the Library by J.W. Clark

By Montague Rhodes James , John Willis Clark

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
1108003079, 9781108003070
Google Books ID
lt_qPwAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11878138 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge
Edition
1
Pages
428\428
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

M. R. James (1862-1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and many of his stories reflect his academic background. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. James' catalogue of the manuscript holdings of Peterhouse, Cambridge, with an essay on the history of the college library by John Willis Clark, was first published in 1899. Now reissued, it will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

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