The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover: The Catalogues of the Libraries of Christ Church Priory and St. Augustine's Abbey at Canterbury and of St. Martin's Priory at Dover

Montague Rhodes James

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511920097

M. R. James (1862–1936) is probably best remembered as a writer of chilling ghost stories, but he was an outstanding scholar of medieval literature and palaeography, who served both as Provost of King's College, Cambridge and as Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum. His detailed descriptive catalogues of manuscripts owned by colleges, cathedrals and museums are still of value to scholars today. This volume, first published in 1903, contains James' study of medieval catalogues relating to three monastic libraries in Kent which were among the largest book collections in pre-Reformation England. James gives a fascinating account of the books listed, their provenance and their donors. The libraries were dispersed at the Dissolution, and James' major contribution was to identify many of the surviving manuscripts, now preserved in London, Oxford, Cambridge and elsewhere. This reissue of James's monumental research project will be welcomed by librarians and researchers alike.

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Frontmatter
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PREFACE
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ADDENDUM
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Contents
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INTRODUCTION
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ADDENDA
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Christ Church Priory
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I - FRAGMENT OF AN EARLY CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST CHURCH, CANTERBURY, PRINTED IN FACSIMILE FROM THE MANUSCRIPT Ii. 3. 12 IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, CAMBRIDGE
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II - TITULI LIBRORUM DE LIBRARIA ECCLESIÆ CHRISTI CANT., ET CONTENTA IN EISDEM LIBRIS, TEMPORE H[ENRICI DE ESTRIA] PRIORIS
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III - LIST OF BOOKS BEQUEATHED TO CHRIST CHURCH, CANTERBURY, BY PRIOR HENRY OF EASTRY IN 1331. FROM MS. E. 27 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
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IV - LIST OF BOOKS MISSING FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST CHURCH, CANTERBURY IN 1337. FROM REGISTER L. IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER
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V - PRIOR THOMAS CHILLENDEN'S GIFTS OF BOOKS IN (1411). FROM MS. C. 166 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY
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VI - A LIST OF BOOKS REPAIRED IN THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST CHURCH, CANTERBURY, IN 1508. COMPILED BY WILLIAM INGRAM, CUSTOS OF THE SHRINE OF S. THOMAS. FROM MS. C. 11 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
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VII - INVENTORY OF BOOKS AT CANTERBURY COLLEGE, OXFORD, IN 1524. FROM A ROLL MARKED O. 134 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY
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St. Augustine's Abbey
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VIII - CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY, CANTERBURY, FROM MS. 360 (BERNARD 285) IN THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
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Priory of St Martin at Dover
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IX - CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PRIOR OF ST MARTIN AT DOVER, COMPILED IN 1389 BY JOHN WHYTEFELD; PRINTED FROM MS. BODLEY 920
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APPENDIX A - CHRIST CHURCH
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APPENDIX B - ST AUGUSTINE'S
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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

PREFACE
pp vii-ix

ADDENDUM
pp x-x

Contents
pp xi-xviii

INTRODUCTION
pp xix-xlix

ADDENDA
pp l-l

Christ Church Priory

I - FRAGMENT OF AN EARLY CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST CHURCH, CANTERBURY, PRINTED IN FACSIMILE FROM THE MANUSCRIPT Ii. 3. 12 IN THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, CAMBRIDGE
pp 2-13

II - TITULI LIBRORUM DE LIBRARIA ECCLESIÆ CHRISTI CANT., ET CONTENTA IN EISDEM LIBRIS, TEMPORE H[ENRICI DE ESTRIA] PRIORIS
pp 14-142

III - LIST OF BOOKS BEQUEATHED TO CHRIST CHURCH, CANTERBURY, BY PRIOR HENRY OF EASTRY IN 1331. FROM MS. E. 27 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
pp 143-145

IV - LIST OF BOOKS MISSING FROM THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST CHURCH, CANTERBURY IN 1337. FROM REGISTER L. IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER
pp 146-149

V - PRIOR THOMAS CHILLENDEN'S GIFTS OF BOOKS IN (1411). FROM MS. C. 166 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY
pp 150-151

VI - A LIST OF BOOKS REPAIRED IN THE LIBRARY OF CHRIST CHURCH, CANTERBURY, IN 1508. COMPILED BY WILLIAM INGRAM, CUSTOS OF THE SHRINE OF S. THOMAS. FROM MS. C. 11 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL
pp 152-164

VII - INVENTORY OF BOOKS AT CANTERBURY COLLEGE, OXFORD, IN 1524. FROM A ROLL MARKED O. 134 IN THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAN AND CHAPTER OF CANTERBURY
pp 165-172

St. Augustine's Abbey

VIII - CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF ST AUGUSTINE'S ABBEY, CANTERBURY, FROM MS. 360 (BERNARD 285) IN THE LIBRARY OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
pp 173-406

Priory of St Martin at Dover

IX - CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE PRIOR OF ST MARTIN AT DOVER, COMPILED IN 1389 BY JOHN WHYTEFELD; PRINTED FROM MS. BODLEY 920
pp 407-495

APPENDIX A - CHRIST CHURCH
pp 496-499

APPENDIX B - ST AUGUSTINE'S
pp 500-504

APPENDIX C
pp 505-523

APPENDIX D
pp 524-552

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