Descriptive Catalogues of the Manuscripts in the Libraries of Some Cambridge Colleges

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' catalogues of the manuscript holdings of eight Cambridge colleges (Clare, Trinity Hall, Magdalene, King's, Queens', St Catharine's, Christ's and Sidney Sussex) are bound together in this volume, which will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

Author: Montague Rhodes James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/20/2009
Pages: 540
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781108002585

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