Scotland Vol 12

Scottish Libraries chronicles an impressive collection of books and pamphlets in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and English, providing fascinating insight into the reading, both cultural and political, available to the Queen. The medieval institutions considered here range from abbeys, priories, and cathedral churches to the universities of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and St. Andrew’s—as well as Edinburgh castle and the royal palace of Holyroodhouse. Spanning an epic period beginning in the mid-twelfth century and continuing to a list of books formerly owned by Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Libraries is a work of primary importance for the history of the book in Scotland.

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Scotland Vol 12

Scottish Libraries chronicles an impressive collection of books and pamphlets in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and English, providing fascinating insight into the reading, both cultural and political, available to the Queen. The medieval institutions considered here range from abbeys, priories, and cathedral churches to the universities of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and St. Andrew’s—as well as Edinburgh castle and the royal palace of Holyroodhouse. Spanning an epic period beginning in the mid-twelfth century and continuing to a list of books formerly owned by Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Libraries is a work of primary importance for the history of the book in Scotland.

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Scotland Vol 12

Scotland Vol 12

Scotland Vol 12

Scotland Vol 12

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Scottish Libraries chronicles an impressive collection of books and pamphlets in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, and English, providing fascinating insight into the reading, both cultural and political, available to the Queen. The medieval institutions considered here range from abbeys, priories, and cathedral churches to the universities of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and St. Andrew’s—as well as Edinburgh castle and the royal palace of Holyroodhouse. Spanning an epic period beginning in the mid-twelfth century and continuing to a list of books formerly owned by Mary Queen of Scots, Scottish Libraries is a work of primary importance for the history of the book in Scotland.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780712349796
Publisher: British Library, The
Publication date: 06/01/2008
Series: British Library - Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues Series , #12
Pages: 496
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

John Higgitt (1947-2006) taught in the Department of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh and was the author of numerous volumes, including The Murthy Hours: Devotion, Literacy and Luxury in Paris, England and the Gaelic West, also published by the British Library.

Table of Contents

Prefatory Note
Acknowledgements
Table of catalgoues and lists
List of Plates
Editorial Notes
List of Abbreviations
 
Introduction
 
The Documentary Evidence for Scottish Libraries, by John Higgit
The Libraries of Sixteenth-century Scotland, by John Durkan
 
The Plates
 
The Catalogues
 
Index I: Indexes of Incipits and Second Folios
Index II: Indexes of Manuscripts
Index III: Indexes of Printed Books
Index IV: Index of works in Registrum Anglie
Index V: Index of Authors
Index VI: Index of Anonymous Works
Index VII: Index of Donors and Former Owners
Index VIII: General Index

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