The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. 1

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Excerpt from The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, Vol. 1: A Descriptive CatalogueI am not at this moment in a position to write a general introduction to the whole catalogue: I propose in this Preface to give some few indications of the principal sources whence the books have come, and to say something of the methods I have employed in describing them.In the volume called I7. Which is a Register of the benefactors of the College compiled by Sir Edward Stanhope, are to be found lists of the principal donations of mss. To the library - exclusive of the Gale mss. Three donors stand out conspicuously among these.The first is John Whitgift, Master of the College from 1567 to 1577, and Archbishop of Canterbury' from I 583 to 1603 - 4.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.