Inside Roman Libraries : Book Collections and Their Management in Antiquity /

Libraries of the ancient world have long held a place in the public imagination. Even in antiquity, the library at Alexandria was nearly legendary. Until now there has been relatively little research to discover what was inside these libraries, how the collections came into being and evolved, and wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Houston, George W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Amerika Haus Berlin > Video Lending Library
Handskriftssamlingar > historia.
Grekiska handskrifter.
Böcker och läsning > historia.
Bibliotekshistoria.
Livres et lecture > Rome.
Papyrus (manuscrits) > Collectionneurs et collections.
Bibliotheques > Rome > Histoire.
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri)
Libraries.
Books and reading.
HISTORY > Ancient > Rome.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Library & Information Science > Archives & Special Libraries.
06.30 library and documentation: general.
Papyrus grecs > Italie > Herculanum (Ville ancienne)
Bibliotheques > Rome > Histoire > Jusqu'à 400.
Books and reading > Rome.
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) > Egypt > Bahnasā.
Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) > Italy > Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Manuscripts (Papyri) > Collectors and collecting.
Libraries > Rome > History > To 400.
Italien > Rom.
Italien > Herculaneum (övergiven stad)
Römisches Reich
Rome (Empire)
Italy > Herculaneum (Extinct city)
Egypt > Bahnasā
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Assembling a collection
  • Lists of books preserved on papyrus
  • The Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum
  • The book collections of Oxyrhynchus
  • Spaces, storage, equipment, and art
  • Personnel and their activities
  • Appendix 1. Lists of books on papyrus : Greek texts, English translations, and commentary
  • Appendix 2. Checklist of books in the collection of the Villa of the Papyri
  • Appendix 3. Catalog of manuscripts in the Breccia + GH3 Find.

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