The Index of Middle English Prose: Handlist XVII: Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

by Kari Anne Rand Schmidt

The college, which was founded by Edmund Gonville in 1348-49 and refounded by Dr John Caius in 1557-58, has had a well-deserved reputation for looking after its books. Over 300 of the manuscripts now in the library have been there since the medieval foundation. More than half of the fifty-five manuscripts indexed in this Handlist come from the bequest of William Moore (1590-1659), fellow of the college and University Librarian. Major religious works...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859916111
• ISBN13: 9780859916110
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.1"