Inside Roman Libraries : Book Collections and Their Management in Antiquity
George W. Houston
Bok Engelsk 2014 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chapel Hill : : The University of North Carolina Press, , 2014.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (349 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Assembling a Collection""; ""1.1. Introduction""; ""1.2. Make Yourself a Copy of a Manuscript""; ""1.3. Have a Slave Make a Copy for You""; ""1.4. Buy a Ready-Made Text from a Dealer""; ""1.5. Presentation Copies, Gifts, and Purchases from Friends""; ""1.6. Borrowing Copies of Books from Friends""; ""1.7. The Public Libraries""; ""1.8. Finding Exemplars in Dealers' Collections""; ""1.9. Evidence of Care in the Preparation of Texts""; ""1.10. Write Your Own Book"". - ""1.11. Buying Part or All of a Preexisting Collection""""1.12. Bequeathing and Giving Collections""; ""1.13. Confiscations of Entire Libraries""; ""1.14. Book Collections as Booty""; ""1.15. Conclusion""; ""2. Lists of Books Preserved on Papyrus""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. Book Lists on Papyrus""; ""2.3. Indicators of Real Collections""; ""2.4. Characteristics of the Lists on Papyrus""; ""2.5. Working with the Lists: Problems and Payoffs""; ""2.6. List 1: A General Collection""; ""2.7. List 2: A Focused Collection"". - ""2.8. List 3: A List That Emphasizes the Physical Nature of the Rolls and Other Objects""""2.9. List 4: A Specialized Collection in an Informal Inventory with Several Unique Features""; ""2.10. List 5: A Book List That May Come from a Municipal, Institutional, or Very Large Private Library""; ""2.11. Lists 6�8: Brief Descriptions""; ""2.12. Reflections of the Processes of Producing and Acquiring""; ""2.13. Personalities of Collections""; ""2.14. Speculating on Sizes""; ""2.15. Possible Indications of Physical Arrangements""; ""2.16. Conclusion"". - ""3. The Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum""""3.1. Introduction""; ""3.2. The Villa of the Papyri""; ""3.3. The Manuscript Collection: Greek Authors and Works""; ""3.4. The Manuscript Collection: Latin Authors and Works""; ""3.5. Estimating the Size of the Collection""; ""3.6. Assessing the Nature of the Collection""; ""3.7. The Book Rolls as Physical Objects""; ""3.8. Paratextual Material in the Villa Papyri""; ""3.9. The Useful Lifetimes of the Papyri""; ""3.10. Possible Histories""; ""3.11. Conclusion""; ""4. The Book Collections of Oxyrhynchus""; ""4.1. Introduction"". - ""4.10. Physical Condition of the Manuscripts in the Second Find"". - ""4.2. Grenfell and Hunt's First Find (Discarded Late Third Century AD)""""4.3. Analysis of the Manuscript Collection Represented by Grenfell and Hunt's First Find""; ""4.4. Breccia + Grenfell and Hunt's Third Find (Discarded ca. AD 300)""; ""4.5. Sarapion alias Apollonianus""; ""4.6. Breccia + GH3: Contents of the Collection""; ""4.7. Breccia + GH3: The Physical Characteristics of the Book Rolls""; ""4.8. The Collection of the Family of Aurelia Ptolemais (Discarded Probably in the Period AD 300�320)""; ""4.9. Grenfell and Hunt's Second Find (Discarded ca. AD 400)""
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| Emner | Books and reading
Libraries - History - Rome Manuscripts (Papyri) - Collectors and collecting - Herculaneum (Extinct city) - Italy Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) - Rome Vis mer... Books and reading -- Rome.
Libraries -- Rome -- History -- To 400. Manuscripts (Papyri) -- Collectors and collecting. Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Egypt -- Bahnasā. Manuscripts, Greek (Papyri) -- Italy -- Herculaneum (Extinct city). Antikken Bibliofili Bibliotek Boksamlere Bøker Library & Information Science Romerriket Social Sciences |
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| Dewey | 027.037/63 . - 027.037
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| ISBN | 9781469617800
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