Libraries in the Ancient World
- List Price: $28.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Yale Univ Pr
- Publish date: 04/01/2001
Casson recounts the development of ancient library buildings, systems, holdings, and patrons, addressing questions on a wide variety of topics, such as:
-- What was the connection between the rise in education and literacy and the growth of libraries?
-- Who contributed to the early development of public libraries, especially the great library at Alexandria?
-- What did ancient libraries include in their holdings?
-- How did ancient libraries acquire books?
-- What was the nature of publishing in the Greek and Roman world?
-- How did different types of users (royalty, scholars, religious figures) and different kinds of "books" (tablets, scrolls, codices) affect library arrangements?
-- How did Christianity transform the nature of library holdings?
Just as a library yields unexpected treasures to a meandering browser, this entertaining book offers to its perusers the surprising history of the rise and development of ancient libraries -- a fascinating story never told before.
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