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The Canterbury psalter, with introduction by M.R. James: PB 1-1935

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

The Canterbury psalter, with introduction by M.R. James

Maker(s)

Contributor: James, Montague Rhodes, Dr
Publisher: Friends of Canterbury Cathedral
Publisher: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd.

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Description

Xv, 59 pages, facsim.: 286 leaves, including illustrations, portrait, 2 plans (1 double) color frontispiece, 3 color facsimile 34 cm
Double plan numbered as two leaves.
Facsimile reproduction of the manuscript, which, press-marked R. 17.1, is preserved at Trinity college, Cambridge. cf. p. 1.
"This edition is limited to twenty five copies, unnumbered and not for sale, and four hundred and twenty five copies, numbered and for sale ...".
Museum has copy no. 255.

Place(s) associated

  • Canterbury
  • London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1913)

Dating

Production date: AD 1935

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1-1935
Primary reference Number: 199820
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 17 September 2014 Updated: Thursday 30 June 2016 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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