Bodleian Library, Fascicle I: MSS Additional-Digby ,

Hardback, 160 p., incl. 24 ills., 210 x 275 mm. ISBN 9781872501154. The first part of the Index of Images catalogues manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and this first fascicle deals with imagery in collections Additional to Digby. In this new series of fascicles, all images contained in English Late Gothic manuscripts from libraries throughout the world will be catalogued according to a carefully prescribed template, described, classified, indexed and often illustrated. The series will provide a 'pictorial index' to the wide-ranging subject matter illustrated in manuscripts of the period and act as a unique reference tool for students of history, literature, sociology, religion and art. Facscicle 1, the first of three devoted to manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, catalogues more than 360 15th-centure manuscripts. The volume also includes an introductory essay on the project, a detailed glossary of subjects and terms, and exhaustive indexes of (i) Authors and Texts; (ii) Pictorial Subjects and (iii) Manuscripts with Coats of Arms. Languages : English.