1,000 Years of Royal Books and Manuscripts

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Year of Publication
2014
Contributors Editor: Kathleen Doyle
Editor: Scott McKendrick
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Number of Pages
322 pp.
Publisher
British Library
City
London, England
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ISBN
978-0-7123-5708-1
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Contents: The earliest English royal books / Kathleen Doyle and Scot McKendrick King Athelstan's psalter (BL Cotton Galba A. xviii) / Michael Wood The provenance of the Morgan Golden Gospels (Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.23): a new hypothesis / James P. Carley The great lost library of England's medieval kings? Royal use and ownership of books, 1066-1272 / Nicholas Vincent The Livre du Sacre of Charles V of France: a reappraisal / Joanna Frońska Makers of royal manuscripts: court artists in France and the Netherlands / Catherine Reynolds The manuscripts of Edward IV: the documentary evidence / Scot McKendrick 'Preserved and transmitted for the good of posterity': the transfer of the Old Royal Library from a palace to a museum / Kathleen Doyle Royal libraries in the King's library / John Goldfinch The Royal Library at Windsor Castle / Jane Roberts