Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods by John Willis Clark
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"Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods" by John Willis Clark is a lecture delivered in 1894. Originally presented at the University of Cambridge with lantern slides, it traces the evolution of libraries from ancient Rome through the Renaissance. Clark explores monastic book collections, the growth of university libraries at Oxford and Cambridge, and distinctive practices like chaining books to shelves. The work examines how religious customs influenced academic library design and
how the advent of printing transformed library practices across centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Clark, John Willis, 1833-1910 |
|---|---|
| Title |
Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods The Rede Lecture Delivered June 13, 1894 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libraries_in_the_Medieval_and_Renaissance_Periods |
| Credits |
Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | Z: Bibliography, Library science |
| Subject | Libraries -- History -- 400-1400 |
| Subject | Libraries -- History -- 1400-1600 |
| Subject | Manuscripts, Renaissance |
| Subject | Manuscripts, Medieval |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 19415 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-19415-8 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2006 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 645 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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