Description / Table of Contents:
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.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783110779653
Series Statement:
Studies in Manuscript Cultures Series v.29
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=30375783
Language:
English
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