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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

The Ancient Libraries of Canterbury and Dover( )
Author: James, M. R.
Series title:Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History Ser.
ISBN:978-1-108-02786-1
Publication Date:May 2011
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $81.95
Book Description:

In this monumental study, first published in 1903, M. R. James examines medieval catalogues of three important monastic libraries in Kent that were dispersed during the English Reformation. He succeeds in identifying many of the 'lost' manuscripts from those collections, now preserved among the holdings of modern universities and institutions.

Book Details
Pages:654
Detailed Subjects: Reference / Bibliographies & Indexes
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):14 x 21.6 x 3.7 cm
Book Weight:0.823 Kilograms
Author Biography
James, Montague Rhodes (Author)
M. R. James was born in Goodnestone, Kent, England on August 1, 1862. He was an English mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905-1918) and of Eton College (1918-1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.

He began writing his ghost stories as an entertainment for his friends; he would read these stories each year at Christmas to his colleagues at King's College. The earliest of these tales include Canon Alberic's Scrap-book and Lost Hearts, both of which were later collected in his first anthology of supernatural fiction, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (1904). Perhaps his single greatest story is the profoundly disturbing Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad (1904). He died on June 12, 1936.

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