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LEICESTER ABBEY: MEDIEVAL HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND MANUSCRIPT STUDIES

by Joanna Story; Jill Bourne; Richard Buckley

Published by The Leicestershire Archaeological And Historical Society. 1st. 2006

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Maroon boards, larger format. Gilt title to spine. B/w photos.

Pale page edge browning. Wrapper edges have some wear.

ISBN: 9780954238810
Stock no. 2136584

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Contents

  • Richard Buckley with Steve Jones, Peter Liddle, Michael Derrick and James Meek - The archaeology of Leicester Abbey
  • David Dawson - An incense-boat cover from Leicester Abbey
  • Anthony Squires - The landscape of Leicester Abbey's home demesne lands to the Dissolution
  • Richard Buckley with Steve Jones, Paul Courtney and David Smith - Leicester Abbey after the Dissolution
  • Geoffrey Martin - Henry Knighton and Leicester Abbey
  • Teresa Webber - The books of Leicester Abbey
  • Michael Gullick - The binding descriptions in the library catalogue from Leicester Abbey
  • Michael Gullick and Teresa Webber - Summary catalogue of surviving manuscripts
  • David Postles - On the outside looking in: the Abbey's urban property in Leicester
  • Anthony Roe - Abbot Sadyngton of Leicester Abbey and onychomancy an episode of clerical divination in the fifteenth century
  • David Crouch Early charters and patrons of Leicester Abbey
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Manuscripts
  • Rory Naismith - Index of Medieval People and Places
  • General Index

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