Author: Andrew G. Watson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The essays that make up this collection examine 4 main themes in the history of the book over 5 centuries: monastic books and mediaeval learning, humanism and incunabula, the dispersal of monastic libraries and post-monastic collections.
Books and Collectors, 1200-1700
Author: Andrew G. Watson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The essays that make up this collection examine 4 main themes in the history of the book over 5 centuries: monastic books and mediaeval learning, humanism and incunabula, the dispersal of monastic libraries and post-monastic collections.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The essays that make up this collection examine 4 main themes in the history of the book over 5 centuries: monastic books and mediaeval learning, humanism and incunabula, the dispersal of monastic libraries and post-monastic collections.
Libraries, Books, and Collectors of Texts, 1600-1900
Author: Annika Bautz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429952392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
This book presents the collectors’ roles as prominently as the collections of books and texts which they assembled. Contributors explore the activities and networks shaping a range of continental and transcontinental European public and private collections during the Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern eras. They study the impact of class, geographical location and specific cultural contexts on the gathering and use of printed and handwritten texts and other printed artefacts. The volume explores the social dimension of book collecting, and considers how practices of collecting developed during these periods of profound cultural, social and political change.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429952392
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
This book presents the collectors’ roles as prominently as the collections of books and texts which they assembled. Contributors explore the activities and networks shaping a range of continental and transcontinental European public and private collections during the Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern eras. They study the impact of class, geographical location and specific cultural contexts on the gathering and use of printed and handwritten texts and other printed artefacts. The volume explores the social dimension of book collecting, and considers how practices of collecting developed during these periods of profound cultural, social and political change.
Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries
Author: Dept. of Special Collections of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402002373
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
The Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries records articles of scholarly value that relate to the history of the printed book, to the history of arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, and of the economic, social and cultural environment involved in their production, distribution, conservation and description.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9781402002373
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
The Annual Bibliography of the History of the Printed Book and Libraries records articles of scholarly value that relate to the history of the printed book, to the history of arts, crafts, techniques and equipment, and of the economic, social and cultural environment involved in their production, distribution, conservation and description.
The Medieval Manuscript Book
Author: Michael Johnston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107066190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This book situates the medieval manuscript within its cultural contexts, with chapters by experts in bibliographical and theoretical approaches to manuscript study.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107066190
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
This book situates the medieval manuscript within its cultural contexts, with chapters by experts in bibliographical and theoretical approaches to manuscript study.
Lost Libraries
Author: J. Raven
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230524257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230524257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This pioneering volume of essays explores the destruction of great libraries since ancient times and examines the intellectual, political and cultural consequences of loss. Fourteen original contributions, introduced by a major re-evaluative history of lost libraries, offer the first ever comparative discussion of the greatest catastrophes in book history from Mesopotamia and Alexandria to the dispersal of monastic and monarchical book collections, the Nazi destruction of Jewish libraries, and the recent horrifying pillage and burning of books in Tibet, Bosnia and Iraq.
The European Book in the Twelfth Century
Author: Erik Kwakkel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107136989
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The first comprehensive study of the European book in the historical period known as the 'long twelfth century' (1075-1225).
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107136989
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
The first comprehensive study of the European book in the historical period known as the 'long twelfth century' (1075-1225).
The Middle English Book
Author: Michael Johnston
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192871773
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Middle English Book analyzes 202 literary manuscripts from late medieval England (1350-1500) and argues that most readers looked to scribes in their immediate vicinity to acquire copies of literature. It examines various forms of writing practiced by scribes throughout the late medieval English countryside and shows that the production of documents underscored the wide availability of literary copying. As a result, when a reader acquired a manuscript,they were most often tapping into local networks of document production.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192871773
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
The Middle English Book analyzes 202 literary manuscripts from late medieval England (1350-1500) and argues that most readers looked to scribes in their immediate vicinity to acquire copies of literature. It examines various forms of writing practiced by scribes throughout the late medieval English countryside and shows that the production of documents underscored the wide availability of literary copying. As a result, when a reader acquired a manuscript,they were most often tapping into local networks of document production.
The Renaissance Reform of the Book and Britain
Author: David Rundle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107193435
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Reform of the script was central to the humanist agenda - this book suggests a new explanation of its international success.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107193435
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Reform of the script was central to the humanist agenda - this book suggests a new explanation of its international success.
The Production of Books in England 1350-1500
Author: Alexandra Gillespie
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521889790
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This book studies approaches to the production of manuscripts in medieval England, from the first commercial guilds to the advent of print.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521889790
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
This book studies approaches to the production of manuscripts in medieval England, from the first commercial guilds to the advent of print.
Manuscripts in Midland Libraries
Author: Valerie Edden
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780859915878
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement.' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9780859915878
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
`The Index of Middle English Prose when completed will be a monumental achievement.' REVIEW OF ENGLISH STUDIES