The History of the Library in Western Civilization, Volume III: From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion: Imperial, Monastic, School and Priva Tapa dura - 2007

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, 2007. hardcover. 8.5 x 11.5 inches. hardcover. 608 pages. Vol. III From Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion: Imperial, Monastic, School and Private Libraries in the Byzantine World. The third volume of The History of the Library spans a period of more than a thousand years and covers an area stretching from Alexandria and Trebizond to Calabria and Sicily in the south of Italy. The author explores the end of the ancient world and the closure and destruction of its monumental libraries, and describes the formation of the great monastic libraries, such as St. Catherine's on Mount Sinai, the Monastery of Studius in Constantinople, the group of monasteries on Mount Athos and the famous library in the Monastery of St. John on Patmos. Finally, he examines all the known palace, public, university and private libraries in the whole of the Byzantine Empire, and discusses the book trade as well. Among the libraries included in… Leer más

Antwerp De Vries . Bound, cloth with full colour dustjacket, 225 x 300mm., (XXXI) 572 pp., many illustrations in colour and black and white. ISBN 9789061944591. rom Constantine the Great to Cardinal Bessarion. The Byzantine World. The Influence of Christian Literature on the Book Trade and the Growth of Monastic Libraries in the East. This work is the third part in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of our foremost scholars on library history, writing such books as this as well as works like "The Great Libraries," a classic in its field. This third volume spans a period of more than a thousand years and covers an area stretching from Alexandria and Trebizond to Calabria and Sicily in the south of Italy. The author explores the end of the ancient world and the closure and destruction of its monumental libraries, and describes the formation, of the great monastic libraries,… Leer más

Hes & De Graaf Publishers, 2007. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 572 pages. 11.77x9.06x1.69 inches.