Bound for the Midwest
Subtitle: medieval and early modern religious manuscripts in the Charles Luce Harrison collection, Kent Library, Southeast Missouri State University
By: Joni M. Hand
Contributors: Southeast Missouri State University
Publisher: Southeast Missouri State University Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780997926231
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Library; Catalogs; Medieval Manuscripts; Manuscripts; Religion and literature; Religion and religious literature; Kent Library (Southeast Missouri State University)
Description: In Bound for the Midwest, Joni M. Hand contextualizes the religious manuscripts from the Charles Luce Harrison collection in a series of eight essays. Each of these books represents an important moment in the history of illuminated manuscripts, incunabula, or later printed texts. In addition, Hand explores Harrison's collecting habits as he pursued his passion for books, which is what brought these manuscripts to the Midwest and eventually to Kent Library at Southeast Missouri State University. Harrison's collecting took place during the Great Depression, making each of his acquisitions truly labors of love. In Bound for the Midwest, Hand brings to light the beauty and historical significance of manuscripts and printed books from this important, but little known collection.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-145) and index.
Table of contents: title: List of figures --; title: Introduction: Charles Luce Harrison, Collector and "Commodore" --; title: Book of hours --; title: Biblia Sacra --; title: Gregory IX, Liber extra --; title: Religious manual containing the writing of Saint Augustine of Hippo, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, and Saint Bonaventure and the Greek alphabet --; title: Postilla seu expositio litteralis et moralis Nicolai de Lira ordinis minorum super epistolas et euangelia quadragesimalia: cum questionibus fratris Antonij Betontini eiusdem ordinis --; title: Matthew's Bible --; title: Geneva Bible --; title: La Bible Qui est Toute la Saincte Escriture du Vieil & du Nouueau Testament --; title: Bibliography --; title: Index.