Libraries in the Manuscript Age

Reference Type	Book
Year of Publication	2023
Contributors	Editor: Nuria Martinez de Castilla Editor: François Déroche Editor: Michael Friedrich
Series Title	Studies in manuscript cultures
Volume	29
Language	English
Number of Pages	267 pp.
Publisher	Walter de Gruyter
City	Boston, MA
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Region	Africa Asia Europe
Library Type	Private/Personal Library State/Government Libraries
Chronological Period	10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 7th century 8th century 9th century
ISBN	9783110772104
Annotation	Contents: Towards a comparative study of libraries in the manuscript age / Nuria de Castilla, François Déroche, Michael Friedrich The operations of the imperial Mughal library / John Seyller Princes's readings: the poetry in Mūlāy Zaydā's collection at El Escorial / Nuria de Castilla Collecting books in eighteenth-century Morocco: the Bannānī Library in Fez / François Déroche, Lbachir Tahali Two libraries of the tang capital / Jean-Pierre Drège Institutional libraries in Japan's classic court age (Heian period, 794-1185) / Ivo Smits Palm-leaf manuscript libraries in Southern India around the thirteenth century: the Sarasvati Library in Chidambaram / Gérard Colas How many books does it take to make an emperor's library?: Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and a chapter of history of the manuscript book / Luciano Bossina Byzantine libraries: the public and the private / Immaculada Pérez Martín How private libraries contributed to the transmission of texts / Donatelia Nebbiai Libraries and teaching: comments on western universities in the middle ages / Jacques Verger An ideal library for an ideal king?: showcasing the collection, organisation and function of the Royal Louvre Library in late medieval Paris / Vanina Kopp