M. R. James' ground-breaking study of the provenance of the 482 manuscripts in the world-renowned Parker Collection at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, first published in 1899, broke new ground in historians' understanding of medieval English intellectual life by focusing on individual monastic libraries and centres of learning.
M. R. James' much-sought-after study of the sources of the Parker manuscript collection at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.