Claire Angotti, Gilbert Fournier, and Donatella Nebbiai (eds.), Les livres des maîtres de Sorbonne: histoire et rayonnement du collège et de ses bibliothèques du XIIIe siècle à la Renaissance (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 2017). ISBN 978-2-85944-993-3.
This chapter discusses Les livres des maîtres de Sorbonne (2017) by Claire Angotti, Gilbert Fournier, and Donatella Nebbiai. This volume presents nine studies dedicated to the medieval Collège de Sorbonne of the University of Paris, to its famous and well-documented library, and to the development and use of the library's collections, vis-à-vis both subject matter and reader. All authors are experts in their respective fields, and bring to the subject matter a wealth of information and insight. Two of the studies situate the college in the context of the university and its library in the context of the libraries of Paris' other secular colleges. Meanwhile, material found in the Sorbonne's collection became the focus of two articles: commentaries on the Nicomachian Ethics and vernacular texts available for use in the library. The volume concludes with two instruments de travail useful for those studying the history of the book and the history of library: a lengthy, detailed, codicological guide to the library's manuscripts and an exhaustive annotated bibliography dealing with studies of the Sorbonne Library published between 1838 and 2017.