Author(s): Richard de Bury

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Excerpt from The Philobiblon of Richard De Bury: Bishop of Durham, Treasurer and Chancellor of Edward III

He is indebted to tbc President and Fellows of Corpus Cbristi College, Oxford; to tbc President and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford; to tbe Master and Fellows of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and to tbe Trustees of Bisbop C osin's Library, Dur bam for tbc liberality witb wbicb tbey bave en trusted to bim tbeir mss. Of tbc Philobiblon. He also tenders bis tbanbs to tbc Curators of tbc Bodleian Library, Oxford; ibe Warden and Fellows of All Souls' College, Oxford; and tbc Master and Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge wbo bavefiindly sent tbeir M SS to tbc Britisb Museum, or to Gray's fun Library for bis use.

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