Libraries in the Manuscript Age
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Edited by:
Nuria de Castilla
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Funded by:
European Research Council (ERC)
About this book
The case studies presented in this volume help illuminate the rationale for the founding of libraries in an age when books were handwritten, thus contributing to the comparative history of libraries. They focus on examples ranging from the seventh to the seventeenth century emanating from the Muslim World, East Asia, Byzantium and Western Europe. Accumulation and preservation are the key motivations for the development of libraries. Rulers, scholars and men of religion were clearly dedicated to collecting books and sought to protect these fragile objects against the various hazards that threatened their survival. Many of these treasured books are long gone, but there remain hosts of evidence enabling one to reconstruct the collections to which they belonged, found in ancient buildings, literary accounts, archival documentation and, most crucially, catalogues. With such material at hand or, in some cases, the manuscripts of a certain library which have come down to us, it is possible to reflect on the nature of these libraries of the past, the interests of their owners, and their role in the intellectual history of the manuscript age.
Author / Editor information
Nuria de Castilla, EPHE, Paris; François Déroche, EPHE, Paris, France; Michael Friedrich, University Hamburg, Germany.
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The Islamic World
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John Seyller Open Access Download PDF |
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Nuria de Castilla Open Access Download PDF |
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François Déroche and Lbachir Tahali Open Access Download PDF |
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East and South Asia
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Jean-Pierre Drège Open Access Download PDF |
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Ivo Smits Open Access Download PDF |
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Gérard Colas Open Access Download PDF |
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Luciano Bossina Open Access Download PDF |
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Inmaculada Pérez Martín Open Access Download PDF |
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Western Europe
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Donatella Nebbiai Open Access Download PDF |
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Jacques Verger Open Access Download PDF |
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Vanina Kopp Open Access Download PDF |
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