Abbey, John Roland, Major book collector d1969

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Epithet: Major book collector d1969

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000622.0x00029e
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creatorOf MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, 1738-1967 British Library
creatorOf VISITORS' BOOK: of Major John Roland Abbey, book collector (d.1969); covering the period 21 Sept. 1921 to 13 Dec. 1968. His armorial bookplate is at f. i. Transferred from the Preservation Service, Dec. 1988, and incorporated in Aug. 1990. Paper; ff.... British Library
creatorOf BOOK OF HOURS: of Sarum Use, England (London); circa 1380-1400. Latin. See G. Warner, Descriptive Catalogue of Illuminated MSS in the Library of C. W. Dyson Perrins (1920), no. 16. Illustrated in C. de Hamel, Medieval Craftsmen: Scribes and Illuminat..., approximately 1380-1400 British Library
creatorOf PSALTER-HOURS produced in England, possibly London; after 1457. Latin. The calendar indicates a possible London connection (for example, Bishop Erkenwald (30 April), and includes St Osmund (4 Dec.) who was canonised in 1457. Ownership inscriptions of... British Library
creatorOf COCKERELL PAPERS. Vol. LXXXI (ff. 259). A-Bag.includes:ff. 1-15 Gertrude Abbey, wife of E Abbey, American artist: Letters, partly on behalf of her husband, to S. C. Cockerell: 1925-1930.ff. 16-22 Major John Roland Abbey, book collector, d.1969: L... British Library
creatorOf THE GOWER MISSAL: noted Missal of Sarum Use; produced in England; circa 1440-1450. Latin. See F. H. Dickinson (ed.), Missale ad usum . . . ecclesiae Sarum (1861-1883). Contains square neumatic notation of red four-line staves. Alan G. Thomas and D. H..., approximately 1440-1450 British Library
creatorOf ST LEO THE GREAT: collection of sermons of St Leo, written by the scribe Angelus and illuminated, probably in Florence; 3rd quarter of 15th cent. Latin. Included are 88 out of the 96 sermons printed in P.L. 54.142-468, together with one further genui... British Library
creatorOf NOTED OFFICE AND MASS OF THE DEAD: written in Liège for the anniversary of Everard de la Marck, Bishop of Liège (d.1538); circa 1531-1538. Latin. One of a set of four volumes, of which two others are Eg. 3311, 3312: see Catalogue of Additions to the ..., approximately 1531-1538 British Library
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