The Manuscripts of Westminster Abbey by Joseph Armitage Robin... - 9781108027878

The Manuscripts of Westminster AbbeyAuthor(s): Joseph Armitage Robinson, Montague Rhodes James\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108027878, 978-1108027878\nSynopsis\nJoseph Armitage Robinson [tel] was an internationally regarded scholar of early Christian texts, as well as an influential churchman, theologian, historian and pioneer of AnglicanCatholic ecumenical dialogue. While he was Dean of Westminster, he collaborated with the outstanding medievalist and palaeographer M. R. James, then Provost of King's College, Cambridge, on this study, originally published in 1908. It documents the history of the library at Westminster Abbey and its accompanying scriptorium from 1060 to 1660, the original library having been dispersed at the dissolution of the monasteries and its successor destroyed by a fire in 1694. The authors present surprisingly detailed information, compiled from surviving sources, a.