Libraries in the ancient world /
This delightful book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when 'books' were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Renowned classicist Lionel Casson takes us on a lively tour, from the royal libraries of the most ancient Near East, through the private an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
©2001.
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Colección: | Yale Nota bene.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The beginnings : the ancient Near East
- The beginnings : Greece
- The library of Alexandria
- The growth of libraries
- The beginnings : Rome
- Libraries of the Roman Empire : the city of Rome
- Libraries of the Roman Empire : outside the city of Rome
- From roll to codex
- Toward the Middle Ages.