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First published in 1944, this book presents the content of a 1623 catalogue of manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral library created by Patrick Young (15841652), the royal librarian to James I and Charles I. The text is consummately edited, containing extensive notes and a detailed introduction.

Table of Contents
Introduction; Young's catalogue; Notes on Young's catalogue; Appendices: 1. Medieval labels on Worcester manuscripts; 2. Worcester MS. F. 163; 3. Manuscripts in Tanner 268 catalogue (c.1676) not found in 1697 catalogue; 4. Quarto manuscripts listed in 1697 and no longer at Worcester; 5. Manuscripts added since 1623; 6. The list of quarto manuscripts '82-104' added in pencil at the end of the 1781 catalogue; 7. Concordance of 1906 catalogue and Young's catalogue; 8. The 'Offa' Bible and the Nero-Middleton cartulary; 9. Worcester manuscripts not described by Young; Index of extant manuscripts referred to; General index.

Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Wigorniensis

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 12/3/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781107536869, 978-1107536869
      ISBN10: 1107536863
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      First published in 1944, this book presents the content of a 1623 catalogue of manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral library created by Patrick Young (15841652), the royal librarian to James I and Charles I. The text is consummately edited, containing extensive notes and a detailed introduction.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Young's catalogue; Notes on Young's catalogue; Appendices: 1. Medieval labels on Worcester manuscripts; 2. Worcester MS. F. 163; 3. Manuscripts in Tanner 268 catalogue (c.1676) not found in 1697 catalogue; 4. Quarto manuscripts listed in 1697 and no longer at Worcester; 5. Manuscripts added since 1623; 6. The list of quarto manuscripts '82-104' added in pencil at the end of the 1781 catalogue; 7. Concordance of 1906 catalogue and Young's catalogue; 8. The 'Offa' Bible and the Nero-Middleton cartulary; 9. Worcester manuscripts not described by Young; Index of extant manuscripts referred to; General index.

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