The Friars' Libraries
- ISBN-10
- 0712300686
- ISBN-13
- 9780712300681
- Category
- Literary Criticism / Medieval
- Pages
- 281
- Language
- Latin
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- British Library
- Author
- British Academy
Description
Part of a series devoted to British medieval library catalogues, a comprehensive and systematic edition of all extant catalogues and cognate documents relating to medieval libraries in Great Britain. This volume concerns the friars' libraries.
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