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Manuscripts in Midland Libraries
Describes 81 mss. (+ 3 fragments) in the following collections: Birmingham: St Mary's College, Oscott -- Gloucester: Cathedral; Diocesan Archives -- Hereford Cathedral -- Leicester: Town Hall; University; Wyggeston Hospital -- Lichfield Cathedral -- Nottingham University -- Peterborough Cathedral -- Southwell Minster: Collegiate Church of BVM -- Worcester: Cathedral Priory of BVM -- Birmingham: Selly Oak Colleges -- University of Birmingham: Library; Barber Institute.
The Medieval Monastery
Monasteries are among the most intriguing and enduring symbols of Britain's medieval heritage. Simultaneously places of prayer and spirituality, power and charity, learning and invention, they survive today as haunting ruins, great houses and as some of our most important cathedrals and churches. This book examines the growth of monasticism and the different orders of monks; the architecture and administration of monasteries; the daily life of monks and nuns; the art of monasteries and their libraries; their role in caring for the poor and sick; their power and wealth; their decline and suppression; and their ruin and rescue. With beautiful photographs, it illustrates some of Britain's finest surviving monastic buildings such as the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral and the awe-inspiring ruins of Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire.
English Benedictine Libraries
The Benedictine abbeys were renowned for containing the finest libraries of medieval England. Among the 120 documents brought together in this volume, there are a significant number of catalogues from major libraries in every century from the 12th to the 16th, including a unique 15th-century index catalogue, recently identified as coming from St Mary's Abbey, York.
A Directory of the Parochial Libraries of the Church of England and the Church in Wales
This is a directory of parochial libraries of the Church of England and the Church in Wales, past and present, founded up to c.1900, together with a broad sample of desk-libraries, accompanied by an updated historical introduction, tables by date and county, appendices of MS and printed documents, expanded catalogues of libraries, recommendations on care, and summaries of reports on parochial libraries to date.
The History, Art, and Architecture of Gloucester Cathedral
Gloucester Cathedral has a particularly fascinating and important architectural history. This comprehensive and fully illustrated study traces its development from the foundation of the first monastic house in the 7th century to the Dissolution and on to the present day.
