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LEADER: 02903fam a2200385 a 4500
001 2971941
005 20221012173048.0
008 001228s2001 nyuaf bc 001 0 eng
010 $a 00140122
020 $a0859916189 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)45707724
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035 $9ASL8613CU
035 $a(NNC)2971941
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050 00 $aZ6621$b.W925 2001
082 00 $a011/.31/0942448$221
110 2 $aWorcester Cathedral.$bLibrary.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00016900
245 12 $aA descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts in Worcester Cathedral Library /$cR.M. Thomson ; with a contribution on the bindings by Michael Gullick.
260 $aRochester, NY :$bPublished on behalf of the dean and chapter of Worcester Cathedral [by] D.S. Brewer,$c2001.
300 $axlviii, 256, [56] p. of plates :$bill. (some col.) ;$c33 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
520 1 $a"Worcester Cathedral Library contains 277 medieval manuscripts, the largest number of any English cathedral except Durham. Most of them belonged to the pre-Reformation Cathedral Priory and date between the eleventh and late fifteenth centuries. The collection has never been adequately catalogued before, and is consequently little known; much of the contents of the books, their physical features and history, is here described for the first time.
520 8 $aThe library is rich in late medieval theology and sermon-literature. Many of the books are important because of their connections with Oxford University, and constitute a valuable source for the history of studies there after c.1300. The Worcester monks tended to annotate and write their names in their books, and some seventy of them are identified. Great treasures are the Worcester Antiphoner, and the fragments of early polyphonic music, some newly-discovered and described for the first time.
520 8 $aAbout half the books are in their medieval bindings, including the second-oldest intact Anglo-Saxon binding. These are described individually, and the history of binding at the Cathedral Priory traced, by Michael Gullick. The rest of the Introduction is devoted to the history of the books and library to the early 1600s. There are indexes of incipits and of manuscripts other than those catalogued, as well as a general index."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aManuscripts$zEngland$zWorcester$vCatalogs.
610 20 $aWorcester Cathedral.$bLibrary$vCatalogs.
700 1 $aThomson, Rodney M.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50012263
700 1 $aGullick, Michael.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88224134
752 $aUnited States$bNew York (State).$2naf
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