Libraries in the Manuscript Age

• HerausgeberIn: de Castilla, Nuria,; Déroche, François,; Friedrich, Michael,
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (273 p.); ill

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...