The Chapter Library of Canterbury Cathedral

Graphic based on a medieval seal of Canterbury Cathedral Priory

Provenance and history of the collections

This Wiki has been designed by David Shaw to make available data about the history of Canterbury Cathedral Library and particularly a record of the provenance history of its printed books: donors and previous owners in books from the Dean and Chapter's collections from the early seventeenth century onwards.

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If you would like to help to contribute to this Wiki by adding new pages or adding to existing pages, please request a login: email David Shaw.

David Shaw's own web pages are at www.djshaw.co.uk.

Canterbury Cathedral – The official web site of Canterbury Cathedral, with pages for the Library and Archives.

 

There are currently 1,029 pages on the database.

This wiki is a work in progress. Its contents are not fully comprehensive.
It focusses on identifiable provenances in the collections, especially donations to the Library. It is not intended to be a catalogue of the Cathedral's entire holdings.