A Descriptive Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of Peterhouse, Cambridge

摘要

When we think of catalogues of manuscripts, we usually imagine mediaeval illuminated and illustrated works. But in this instance, to quote: "Not many of the books contain extensive or important illumination, and this absence has been exacerbated by massive vandalism apparently mainly perpetrated in the late sixteenth century". As a result, this gives the collection, and its catalogue, a particular interest and value. What we see here is a catalogue of a working library for scholars, with few rare or unique texts but comprising titles for a university curriculum of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries: works of Aristotle (in Latin) and of Thomas Aquinas, Albertus Magnus and John Duns Scotus, among others. Commentaries on the texts are also featured.