The Library of the Abbey of La Trappe A Study of its History from the Twelfth Century to the French Revolution with an Annotated Edition of the 1752 Catalogue 1st Edition by David Bell ISBN 978-2503545714 2503545718
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ISBN 10: 2503545718
ISBN 13: 978-2503545714
Author: David N. Bell
This volume presents a study of the library of the Cistercian abbey of La Trappe in Normandy from the twelfth century to the French Revolution, together with an annotated edition of the library catalogue of 1752. The abbey was founded as a Savigniac house, became Cistercian in 1147, and is inseparably linked with the name of Armand-Jean de Rancé, the great monastic reformer and founder of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. When he became abbot of La Trappe in 1664, he brought with him many of his own books and had a new library built to house the monastic collection. Rancé died in 1700. Other books were then added over time until, in 1752, the abbey possessed about 4,300 volumes. The detailed catalogue is divided into two parts. The first part lists the books by subject, beginning, as might be expected, with bibles; the second part lists the same books by author. The information presented in this study of the abbey and its library is of first importance not only for understanding the nature and development of Cistercian intellectual and spiritual life, but also for the history of early modern libraries and the development of library cataloguing.
Table of contents:
Chapter One. The Foundation of the Abbey and the Medieval Library
Chapter Two. Rancé and his Books
Chapter Three. The Library of La Trappe from Rancé to 1752
Chapter Four. The Library of La Trappe from 1752 to the French Revolution
Chapter Five. The Date and Contents of the Library
Chapter Six. The Cistercian Dimension
Principles of the Edition
Catalog of Books in the La Trappe Library: By Subject Order.
Catalog of Books in the La Trappe Library:
In Alphabetical Order
Select Bibliography
The 1752 Catalogue: Index of Manuscripts
The 1752 Catalogue: Index of Authors
General Index to Chapters One to Six
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