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Author: James Westfall Thompson Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1473389992 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 128
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James Westfall Thompson was an American historian specializing in the history of medieval and early modern Europe, particularly of the Holy Roman Empire and France. Thompson's work on ancient libraries gives an in depth look in to how the Libraries of the ancient East, ancient Greece and ancient Rome were established and managed. It also contains technical information such as the format of books, library architecture, cataloguing and classification, administration, book production, and bookselling.
Author: Jason König Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1107244587 Category : History Languages : en Pages :
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The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. But books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.
Author: Lionel Casson Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300088094 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 191
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The unexpected murder in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury has everyone guessing. Before the answers are found more lives are threatened.
Author: Lucien X. Polastron Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON ISBN: 9781594771675 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 396
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Almost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
Author: James Westfall Thompson Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1473389992 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 128
Book Description
James Westfall Thompson was an American historian specializing in the history of medieval and early modern Europe, particularly of the Holy Roman Empire and France. Thompson's work on ancient libraries gives an in depth look in to how the Libraries of the ancient East, ancient Greece and ancient Rome were established and managed. It also contains technical information such as the format of books, library architecture, cataloguing and classification, administration, book production, and bookselling.
Author: Thomas Hendrickson Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004338179 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 350
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The De Bibliothecis of Justus Lipsius was the first monograph on library history. In Ancient Libraries and Renaissance Humanism, Hendrickson presents a critical edition with introductory studies, a Latin text, English translation, and a substantial historical commentary.
Author: Lionel Casson Publisher: ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 200
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The unexpected murder in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury has everyone guessing. Before the answers are found more lives are threatened.
Author: James Westfall Thompson
Author: Jason König
Author: Lionel Casson
Author: George W. Houston
Author: Lucien X. Polastron
Author: James Westfall Thompson
Author: Jason König
Author: Thomas Hendrickson
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Author: Frederick John Teggart
Author: Lionel Casson