Shelfmark
Lq.1.20
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. Psalms. O.T. Latin
Title
The Canterbury psalter / with an introduction by M. R. James, O.M., Litt.D., D.D., Provost of Eton.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed and published for the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd, Twelve Bedford Square, London, W.C.1, 1935.
Physical description
xvi, 60p, [89] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (some col.), facsims.. ; 33cm.
Note
"It was written at Christ Church, Canterbury, about the middle of the twelfth century by a scribe named Eadwine ... it was presented to Trinity College, Cambridge ... its present press mark is R.17.1" - p. 1.
Note
With a half-title.
Note
Includes list of subscribers.
Note
Publisher's blue cloth binding with lettering stamped in gold on spine and device stamped in gold on front board.
Note
ECL copy: No. 3 of 450 copies, of which the first 25 are out of series and not for sale.
Note
Ms. previous shelfmark in pencil.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of M. R. James with ms. inscription in pencil: "From the library of M. R. James, Provost".
Provenance
Loose typed letter (dated 1935-06-18) to M. R. James signed from Margaret Babington gifting this book to M. R. James on behalf of the Friends of Canterbury Cathedral.
Subject
Manuscripts, Latin Facsimiles.
Added entry--name
James, M.R. (Montague Rhodes), 1862 - 1936 (Montague Rhodes)
Added entry--name
Eadwine scribe.
Added entry--name
Babington, Margaret Agnes correspondent.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B24217