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Published by Oak Knoll Press and HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, New Castle, Delaware, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
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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 this third volume are those formed in the states that emerged after the fall of Constantinople to the Crusaders in 1204, such as the Empires of Nicaea and Trebizond, the Despotate of Epirus and the Kingdom of Thessalonica. In addition, special attention is given to the book collections of monasteries in the Kingdom of Cyprus and the libraries in the Despotate of the Morea, one of the last Greek bastions to hold out against the Turkish conquest, where the famous Neoplatonist philosopher Plethon taught. Altogether there are nine chapters in this volume and the text is enlivened with more than two hundred color and black-and-white illustrations covering a wide variety of subjects, such as illuminated manuscripts, engravings, maps, drawings, archaeological sites and imaginary and real library interiors. The ninth chapter deals with the architectural characteristics of Byzantine libraries from the end of Late Antiquity to the monastic libraries of the eleventh century onwards. Co-published with HES & DE GRAAF Publishers BV, The Netherlands and Kotinos Publications, Athens, Greece. Sales Rights: Worldwide. Order all five volumes of The History of the Library in Western Civilization series at one time and get the Index volume for free.
Published by Hes & De Graaf Publishers, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 572 pages. 11.77x9.06x1.69 inches. In Stock.
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting.
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. Book is in Used-LikeNew condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear.
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within.
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers.
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Condition: Fine. Like New condition. Great condition, but not exactly fully crisp. The book may have been opened and read, but there are no defects to the book, jacket or pages.
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition.
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
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Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published.
Published by Brill | Hes & De Graaf, 2007
ISBN 10: 9061944597ISBN 13: 9789061944591
Seller: dsmbooks, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: New. New. book.