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The untold story of the greatest library of the Renaissance and its creator Hernando Colón This engaging book offers the first comprehensive account of the extraordinary projects of Hernando Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, which culminated in the creation of the greatest library of the Renaissance, with ambitions to be universal--that is, to bring together copies of every book, on every subject and in every language. Pérez Fernández and Wilson-Lee situate Hernando's projects within the rapidly changing landscape of early modern knowledge, providing a concise history of the collection of information and the origins of public libraries, examining the challenges he faced and the solutions he devised. The two authors combine "meticulous research with deep and original thought," shedding light on the history of libraries and the organization of knowledge. The result is an essential reference text for scholars of the early modern period, and for anyone interested in the expansion and dissemination of information and knowledge.
Libraries --- History --- Colón, Fernando, --- 1400-1600 --- Spain.
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This book is the first to date to be dedicated to the circulation of the book as a commodity in the Mamluk sultanate. It discusses the impact of princely patronage on the production of books, the formation and management of libraries in religious institutions, their size and their physical setting. It documents the significance of private collections and their interaction with institutional libraries and the role of charitable endowments (waqf) in the life of libraries. The market as a venue of intellectual and commercial exchanges and a production centre is explored with references to prices and fees. The social and professional background of scribes and calligraphers occupies a major place in this study, which also documents the chain of master-calligraphers over the entire Mamluk period. For her study the author relies on biographical dictionaries, chronicles, waqf documents and manuscripts.
Books --- Libraries --- Scribes --- Calligraphers --- History --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Penmen --- Artists --- Copyists --- Documentation --- Public institutions --- Librarians --- Boekgeschiedenis --- Islam --- Handschriften. Epigrafie. Paleografie --- boekgeschiedenis --- kopiisten [schrijvers] --- anno 1200-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Syrië --- Egypte --- E-books --- History. --- 094 =9 --- 094 <56> --- 094 <6> --- 094 <6> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Afrika --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Afrika --- 094 <56> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Levant --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Levant --- 094 =9 Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oosterse talen --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oosterse talen --- Book history --- Manuscripts. Epigraphy. Paleography --- book history --- scribes [people] --- Syria --- Egypt --- Books. --- Calligraphers. --- Libraries. --- Scribes. --- 400-1600 --- Egypt. --- Syria. --- Books - Egypt - History - 400-1450 --- Books - Egypt - History - 1450-1600 --- Books - Syria - History - 400-1450 --- Books - Syria - History - 1450-1600 --- Libraries - Egypt - History - 400-1400 --- Libraries - Egypt - History - 1400-1600 --- Libraries - Syria - History - 400-1400 --- Libraries - Syria - History - 1400-1600 --- Scribes - Egypt - History --- Scribes - Syria - History --- Calligraphers - Egypt - History --- Calligraphers - Syria - History
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"The book of hours is one of the most familiar relics of medieval and early modern Europe. Libraries, museums, and private collectors around the world own thousands of them. That number represents but a fraction of all the books of hours created between 1250 and 1600. Many were destroyed over the intervening centuries of war, natural disaster, and religious change, not to mention the mundane ravages of time. Still, the survival of so many examples and the diversity of their contents make the book of hours an ideal source for exploring the history of art, religion, and the book. Scholars have lavished attention on books of hours. Art historians write about the books' fabrication, illustration, and patronage. Literary scholars and historians shed light on texts, prayers, and readership. Abundant scholarship on the book of hours has helped to make it the best known artifact of medieval and early modern culture"-- "The book of hours was a 'best-seller' in medieval and early modern Europe, the era's most commonly produced and owned book. This interdisciplinary study explores its increasing popularity and prestige, offering a full account of the book of hours as a book - how it was acquired, how it was read to guide prayer and teach literacy and what it meant to its owners as a personal possession. Based on the study of over 500 manuscripts and printed books from France, Virginia Reinburg combines a social history of the book of hours with an ethnography of prayer. Approaching the practice of prayer as both speech and ritual, she argues that a central part of the book of hours' appeal for lay people was its role as a bridge between the liturgy and the home. Reinburg describes how the book of hours shaped religious practice through the ways in which it was used"--
Book history --- Christian religion --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1500-1599 --- France --- -Books and reading --- -091:264-13*2 --- 264-13 --- 248.143 --- 094 <44> --- Horae (Books of hours) --- Hours, Books of --- Brevieren. Getijdenboeken. Psalteria --- Gebed. Bidden --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Frankrijk --- 094 <44> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Frankrijk --- 248.143 Gebed. Bidden --- 264-13 Brevieren. Getijdenboeken. Psalteria --- Books and reading --- Books of hours --- 091:264-13*2 --- Illustrated books --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- 091:264-13*2 Getijdenboeken--(handschriften) --- Getijdenboeken--(handschriften) --- Social aspects&delete& --- History --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Livres d'heures --- Livres et lecture --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- Histoire --- Books. --- Books and reading. --- Books of hours. --- History. --- Social aspects. --- 400-1600. --- France. --- Early printed books --- Incunabula --- Geschichte 1400-1600. --- Arts and Humanities
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Book history
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anno 1500-1599
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Netherlands
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Books
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Printing
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Illustrated books
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance
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Illumination of books and manuscripts, Dutch
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History
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Exhibitions.
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Exhibitions
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Early printed books
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Manuscripts, Renaissance
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Bibliography
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Imprints
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Bibliographical exhibitions
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-Illumination of books and manuscripts, Dutch
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091.31 <492>
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091.14 <492>
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094.1 <492>
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094 "15"
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-Printing
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-Manuscripts, Renaissance
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-Illumination of books and manuscripts, Renaissance
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-Illustrated books
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-boeken
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boekdrukkunst
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handschrift
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Petra van Boheemen, Nico J.P. van der Lof, Ellen van Meurs
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Nederland
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boeken
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renaissance
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manuscripten
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handschriften
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Renaissance illumination of books and manuscripts
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Dutch illumination of books and manuscripts
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Renaissance manuscripts
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Printing, Practical
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Typography
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Graphic arts
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Library materials
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Publications
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Cataloging
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Verluchte handschriften--Nederland
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Codicologie. Codices--Nederland
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Oude drukken: bibliografie--
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