Parker Library

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Parker Library auditorium at Corpus Christi College
Part of the Parker Library, Wilkins Room

The Parker Library or Bibliotheca Parkeriana is the library of Corpus Christi College in Cambridge and is part of the University of Cambridge .

History and holdings

The Parker Library is named after the reformer and bibliophile Matthew Parker , who bequeathed his private collection of manuscripts and old prints to the library in 1575 . Since numerous manuscripts in the Parker Library are dated to around AD 1000 and some earlier, it can also be referred to as the Medieval Library .

One of the most famous manuscripts from Parker's legacy is the Augustine Gospel , which was made in Italy in the 6th century and brought to Canterbury by Augustine himself under Pope Gregory the Great .

In addition, two Bibles from the 12th century, one of which from the Bury St Edmunds Abbey and the other from a historic priory in the area around Dover comes and the best preserved edition of Geoffrey Chaucer 's Troilus and Criseyde .

The first extensive catalog of Parker's collection goes back to Thomas James , who lists a total of 396 works from Parker's possession in his Ecloga Oxonio-Cantabrigiensis . It was not until 122 years after James' first catalog that an updated version appeared, stating the provenance of 429 volumes by Matthew Parker. A new, supplemented edition of the catalog, which already recorded 482 manuscripts, was published in 1777 and was considered the standard work on the Parker Library in the 19th century. The catalog that is relevant today was prepared by Montague Rhodes James and also formed the basis for the Parker On the Web project, which began in 2004 . In cooperation with Stanford University, this should make the digital copies of all manuscripts available to subscribers.

In order to secure the holdings that were previously in simple cabinets and boxes, plans were started in 2006 for a renovation that complied with British requirements for the safekeeping of manuscripts. During the renovations, which took place between June 2009 and April 2010, the library was temporarily closed. The Parker On the Web research platform also went online in 2009 . The platform has been accessible free of charge under the name Parker 2.0 since 2018.

Librarians

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f The Collections. In: Parker Library. Corpus Christi College, November 9, 2012, accessed June 4, 2020 .
  2. ^ Matthew Parker & The Parker Library. In: Parker Library On the Web. Stanford University, accessed June 4, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e Catalogs of Manuscripts. In: Parker Library. Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, April 29, 2008, accessed June 4, 2020 .
  4. ↑ James Thomas: Libri Manuscripti in Bibliotheca Collegij Sancti Benedicti, Cantabregia . In: Ecloga Oxonio-Cantabrigiensis . Geor. Bishop & Io. Norton, London 1600, p. 70 (English, google.at ).
  5. ↑ Amanda Birch: Parker Library, Cambridge . In: Building Design . No. 1952 . CMP Information Ltd., Tonbridge 2011, p. 14-15 .
  6. ↑ News: Parker Library Temporary Closing to Readers . In: RM Liuzza (Ed.): Old English Newsletter . tape 41 , no. 3 . University of Tennessee, 2008, ISSN  0030-1973 , pp. 5 .
  7. ↑ Home. In: Parker Library On the Web. Stanford University, accessed June 4, 2020 .