Monasticon Anglicanum, sive Pandectae coenobiorum Benedictinorum Cluniacensium Cisterciensium Carthusianorum a primordiis ad eorum usque dissolutionem /
Dugdale, William,Sir,1605-1686.
Dodsworth, Roger,1585-1654.
Hollar, Wenceslaus,1607-1677.
Vaughan, Robert17th century.
King, Daniel,-1664?
Londini : typis Richardi Hodgkinsonne,
M.DC.LV. [1655].
Half-title reads: Coenobia Anglicana, ordinis S. Benedicti.
With an added title page (plate), engraved.
Title page in red and black.
Plates signed by Daniel King, Wenceslaus Hollar, and Robert Vaughan.
"Coenobia Anglicana, de ordine Cluniacensi", "Coenobia Anglicana, de ordine Cisterciensi", and "Coenobia Anglicana, de ordine Carthusiensi" each have divisional title page on pp. 609, 693, and 947, respectively.
Includes indexes.
Continued into 3 volumes : vol. 2 has imprint, Londini, typis Aliciae Warren, 1661; v. 3, Savoy, excudebat Tho. Newcomb, 1673.
"Containes chiefly the foundation charters of the monasteries at their first erection, the subsequent donation charters being purposely omitted".
A continuation, in 2 volumes, was published by John Stevens, London, 1722-23, under title: The history of the ancient abbeys, monasteries, hospitals, cathedral and collegiate churches. Being two additional volumes to Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon anglicanum.
Wing (2nd ed., 1994)
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Monasteries
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