English monastic libraries. I. A catalogue of the library of the priory of Bretton, in Yorkshire. II. Notices of the libraries belonging to other religious houses / By the Rev. Joseph Hunter.

  • Joseph Hunter
Date:
1831
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Credit: English monastic libraries. I. A catalogue of the library of the priory of Bretton, in Yorkshire. II. Notices of the libraries belonging to other religious houses / By the Rev. Joseph Hunter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - Two books of Homilies, to be read in the Refectory. The four Gospels. The Meditations of Anselm. The Enchiridion of Saint Sixtus. A treatise by Peter Cluniacensis. Life of John the Almoner. flores et Magna Glossa Psaiterii. The Meditations of St. Bernard. Quendam libellum inter Orosium et Augustinum ; et Templum Dei. - Life of Paul the Hermit. Excerpta from the Lives of St. Anthony, St. Hilarion, and St. Sylvester. De orto Pilate. Libel. de Manipul. for. Dialogus S. S. Gregori et Augustini. 1 Legend. totius anni, abbreviat. Primar. Ecclesiast. et II Primar. Puerorum. A Breviary. Liber qui sic incipit, *‘ Qui bene preesunt presbyteri.” _ Stimulus Amoris, et multa alia edificatoria de manu Domini Will. de Colle. The engagement to restore these books was formally drawn and sealed. _ cAIDE, * Ainigmata Simposii. JOREVAL. Here Leland found a copy of Nennius, the Chronicle of the Abbey, and a book of Homilies. KEYNSHAM. Here were two works of William of Malmesbury, and the Lives of Elfege and Aldhelm.
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