Author: Catherine R. Borland

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Published: 2015-08-05

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 9781332291854

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Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Mediaeval Manuscripts: In Edinburgh University Library The present Catalogue deals with a relatively small but exceedingly important section of the manuscript material in the University Library, namely, the western mediaeval manuscripts. It is a section which, in the absence of any complete catalogue, even in the Library itself, has remained comparatively unknown to students; and its value as a whole can scarcely have been realised even by those to whom many of the individual books have long been familiar. So far the only printed catalogues of the western manuscripts in the Library have dealt exclusively with the Laing Collection and with the purely historical part of it, to the neglect of an important section of that Collection itself as well as of the whole of the manuscript material which has been gathered together from time to time from other sources. That much valuable material has thus remained practically inaccessible will naturally be deplored by students. It cannot, in strict honesty, be regretted by the cataloguer, whose task has thereby been rendered more of an adventure than can often be hoped for in an age when historical research has become an industry, and unexplored regions in any field are rare. Before attempting any generalisations as to the nature of the Collection, something must be said regarding the scope of the Catalogue. The term 'mediaeval' in this connection is a general one, of wide reference, not susceptible of exact definition in terms of date. Under it have been included all manuscripts written before 1500, and about sixteen belonging to the sixteenth century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Mediæval Manuscripts written by Catherine R. Borland and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Mediaeval Manuscripts: In Edinburgh University Library The present Catalogue deals with a relatively small but exceedingly important section of the manuscript material in the University Library, namely, the western mediaeval manuscripts. It is a section which, in the absence of any complete catalogue, even in the Library itself, has remained comparatively unknown to students; and its value as a whole can scarcely have been realised even by those to whom many of the individual books have long been familiar. So far the only printed catalogues of the western manuscripts in the Library have dealt exclusively with the Laing Collection and with the purely historical part of it, to the neglect of an important section of that Collection itself as well as of the whole of the manuscript material which has been gathered together from time to time from other sources. That much valuable material has thus remained practically inaccessible will naturally be deplored by students. It cannot, in strict honesty, be regretted by the cataloguer, whose task has thereby been rendered more of an adventure than can often be hoped for in an age when historical research has become an industry, and unexplored regions in any field are rare. Before attempting any generalisations as to the nature of the Collection, something must be said regarding the scope of the Catalogue. The term 'mediaeval' in this connection is a general one, of wide reference, not susceptible of exact definition in terms of date. Under it have been included all manuscripts written before 1500, and about sixteen belonging to the sixteenth century. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."