Catalogi veteres librorum Ecclesiæ Cathedralis Dunelm : Catalogues of the library of Durham cathedral, at various periods, from the Conquest to the Dissolution, including catalogues of the library of the Abbey of Hulne, and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham.

  • Durham Cathedral. Library
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[1839]
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Credit: Catalogi veteres librorum Ecclesiæ Cathedralis Dunelm : Catalogues of the library of Durham cathedral, at various periods, from the Conquest to the Dissolution, including catalogues of the library of the Abbey of Hulne, and of the MSS. preserved in the library of Bishop Cosin, at Durham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    II. P. 118. Books acquired by the Coiivcnt iipon the deatli of Bishop Pudsey iii 1195. III. P. 119. Books acquired by the Convent upoii the death of Bishop Cardinal Langley in 1137.* IV. P. 119- Such extracts from the Will of Bishop Langley as have reference to his Library. V. P. 121. A Statute of the Prior and Convent of Durham in 1235, respecting the lending of Books from their Library. VI. P. 121. Extract from a Record of Law Pro- ceedings between Bishop Bek and the Prior and Con- vent of Durham, circ. 1300, with respect to certain Books which the former had borrowed from the latter, appears to have personally superintended the transcription of books for the future edification of the Monks of his Church. The Colophon of the Tertia Quinquagena Augustini, now in the Durham Library, suf- ficiently altests this fact.^ * When that part of the Book was printed off to which we refer, we were not aware of the circumstance that these Books were in rea- lity given up to the Convent in the life-time of the Bishop, and lent to him againduring his pleasure. This fact isproved by the follow- ing curious indenture :— Indentura super deliberacione Librorum infra scriptorum facta per Dominum Priorem et Capitulum Dunelm. Domino Episcopo Dunelm. [Reg. III. D. and C. D., f. 208.] Haec indentura facta apud Dunelm., decimo die mensis Augusti, atino Domini millesimo quadringentesimo tricesimo septimo, testa- tur quod, licet Reverendus in Christo pater et Dominus Dominus Thomas, permissione Divina Dunelmensis Episcopus, in suo Testa- mento legaverit et donaverit Ecclesiae suae Cathedrali Dunelm. Librum vocatum Diccionarium, in tribus voluminibus, et Librum vocatum Notyngham super Evangelia, et unum Psalterium magnum, de 1 This book is B. II. H, folio. Sec Bud’s Cataloguc, p. 111-12.