Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Kuhns, Matt
Titre(s) : Cotton's library [Texte imprimé] : the many perils of preserving history / Matt Kuhns
Publication : Lakewood : Lyon Hall Press, 2014
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI, 266 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index. - Notes bibliogr., index
"Traces the fortunes and misfortunes of the collection of 17th-century courtier Sir
Robert Cotton. The highlights of Cotton's library include some of the most important
documents of Anglophone civilization: the sole manuscript sources of 'Beowulf' and
'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, ' two of four surviving 1215 copies of Magna Carta,
and the masterfully illuminated Lindisfarne Gospels ... If the Cotton library is a
collector's dream, however, the history of the library often approaches a bibliophiles's
horror story. Cotton served time as a prisoner, twice, on charges concealing royal
discomfort with his library's ties to political critics. King Charles I locked up
the library itself in 1629. Through the centuries that followed, war, intrigues, neglect,
corrupt library-keepers and later collectors' poaching all threatened the collection's
ruin repeatedly. With some tragic exceptions, though, the Cotton library has survived
them all"--Back cover
Sujet(s) : Cotton, Robert (1571-1631) -- Bibliothèque
British library. Manuscripts collections -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780988250543 (Br.). - ISBN 0988250543. - ISBN 9780988250536. - ISBN 0988250535
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45560702w
Notice n° :
FRBNF45560702
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
