Description
Book SynopsisFounded in 1284, Peterhouse is the University of Cambridge's oldest college. Its stated objective was to forward the study of theology,and before the Reformation it was a small community comprising a master and fourteen scholars.And yet by the late Middle Ages it had built up a substantial reference library. Today the college collection contains 277 manuscripts, almost all of which were at the College before the reformation, geared to the European university curriculum of the late middle ages.
Trade ReviewIt is an easy matter to recommend this painstaking, sympathetic, effective contribution to the history of English medieval books. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *
There are many other treasures in this collection.. Only by browsing this catalogue, magnificently supplemented by over a hundred images, can the significance of [it] be properly appreciated. * PARERGON *
We should be very grateful for Thomson's excellent textual identifications and discussions of provenance and library history. * THE LIBRARY *
As well as being a work of outstanding, detailed scholarship - that scholarship worn deceptively lightly - this is also the most handsome, large, quarto volume, appropriately and clearly designed and beautifully printed. All in all, this is not only a fascinating, detailed insight into a mediaeval working library and its contents, but also a handsome volume reflecting well on the author, publisher and subject. * REFERENCE REVIEWS *
Thomson's valuable and beautifully produced catalogue will stand as a foundation document. * TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT *
Table of ContentsIntroduction The Catalogue Appendix A: Manuscript Fragments in Peterhouse Printed Books Appendix B: Medieval Peterhouse Manuscripts no longer in the Main Collection Index of Manuscripts and Printed Books General Index
