Libraries in the manuscript age

Intro -- Contents -- Towards a Comparative Study of Libraries in the Manuscript Age -- The Islamic World -- The Islamic World -- Princes's Readings: The Poetry in Mūlāy Zaydān's Collection at El Escorial -- Collecting Books in Eighteenth-Century Morocco: The Bannānī Library in Fez -- East...

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Contributors: Martínez de Castilla, Nuria (Editor) ; Déroche, François 1952- (Editor) ; Friedrich, Michael 1955- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin/Boston Walter De Gruyter GmbH 2023
In:Year: 2023
Reviews:[Rezension von: Libraries in the manuscript age] (2023) (Rau, Leonie)
Edition:1st ed.
Series/Journal:Studies in Manuscript Cultures Series v.29
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Library / Handwriting / Geschichte Anfänge-1800
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Intro -- Contents -- Towards a Comparative Study of Libraries in the Manuscript Age -- The Islamic World -- The Islamic World -- Princes's Readings: The Poetry in Mūlāy Zaydān's Collection at El Escorial -- Collecting Books in Eighteenth-Century Morocco: The Bannānī Library in Fez -- East and South Asia -- Two Libraries of the Tang Capital -- Institutional Libraries in Japan's Classic Court Age (Heian Period, 794-1185) -- Palm-leaf Manuscript Libraries in Southern India Around the Thirteenth Century: The Sarasvatī Library in Chidambaram -- Byzantium -- How Many Books Does It Take to Make an Emperor's Library? Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and a Chapter of History of the Manuscript Book -- Byzantine Libraries: The Public and the Private -- Western Europe -- How Private Libraries Contributed to the Transmission of Texts -- Libraries and Teaching: Comments on Western Universities in the Middle Ages -- An Ideal Library for an Ideal King? Showcasing the Collection, Organization and Function of the Royal Louvre Library in Late Medieval Paris -- Index of Manuscripts.
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ISBN:311077965X