The Obituary Book of Queen's College Oxford: An Ancient Sarum Kalendar with the Obits of the Founders and Benefactors of the College. Liber obituarius Aulae Reginae in Oxonia

Magrath, J.R. ; The Queen's College, Oxford

Edité par Clarendon Press, 1910

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Near fine only very light wear. Card wrappers (imitation vellum) with ties, folio, top edge gilt, contents printed in red and black, 36 x 24 cm, xliii, 153 pp. "The Kalendar which is here reproduced is among the oldest of the possessions of the College. It is mentioned in the Statutes which the founder sealed on the tenth of February 1340. Among the objects of the foundation specified at the beginning of the Statutes a prominent place is given to the promotion of the prosperity of King Edward, Queen Philippa and their children, and the salvation of the souls of them, their progenitors and successors, of the founder s father and mother and their children, of his grandfather and grandmother, of their son Adam and their other children, of the ancestors of his parents, of William Muskham, rector of Denham, and of all his friends and of himself and of all the faithful alive or dead. When he comes to the provisions for the chapel service, the Benefactors past and present are added to the list above given; and the chaplains at the peril of their souls are ordered to say on the proper days the services for the dead according to the use of Sarum in the chapel in the college, or in the parish church," - from the introduction. N° de réf. du vendeur 055433

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Titre : The Obituary Book of Queen's College Oxford:...

Éditeur : Clarendon Press

Date d'édition : 1910

Reliure : Hard Back

Etat : Near Fine

Edition : First Edition.