Libraries in the Manuscript Age

by François Déroche, Michael Friedrich, Nuria de Castilla

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110772108
• ISBN13: 9783110772104
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 273 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"