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Treasures of Durham University Library / edited by Richard Gameson.

Title
Treasures of Durham University Library / edited by Richard Gameson.
Author
Durham University Library
Publication
London : Third Millennium, 2007.

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Additional Authors
Gameson, Richard
Description
159 p. : col. ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
This books covers the historic core of the collection, which consists of over seventy thousand rare books and manuscripts printed before 1850, is the library assembled by John Cosin, Bishop of Durham (1660-1672) and the more recent deposit of the library from Bamburgh Castle. The collection ranges from late antique papyri to modern literary manuscripts, as well as embracing substantial archival and photographic materials. The medieval manuscripts include the best-preserved service-book produced in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest, and a collection of the works of Thomas Hoccleve that was transcribed by the poet himself; while amongst the modern literary manuscripts are extracts from Kilvert's Diary and letters of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Subject
  • Durham University Library
  • Early printed books > England > Durham
  • Manuscripts, Medieval > England > Durham
  • Rare books > England > Durham
  • Handschriften
  • Oude drukken
  • Speciale collecties
  • Durham (Engeland)
  • Early printed books
  • Manuscripts, Medieval
  • Rare books
  • England > Durham
Genre/Form
Catalogs
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 1903942748
  • 9781903942741
OCLC
  • 181599347
  • SCSB-12831857
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library