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UNINA9910809081003321 |
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Autore |
Lapidge Michael |
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Titolo |
The Anglo-Saxon library / / Michael Lapidge |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-90545-X |
0-19-153301-7 |
1-4356-1815-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (422 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Libraries - England - History - 400-1400 |
English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 |
Manuscripts, Medieval - England |
Scriptoria - England |
Bibliothèques - Angleterre - Histoire - 400-1400 |
Littérature anglaise - ca 450-1100 (Vieil anglais) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-363) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Vanished Libraries of Classical Antiquity; 2. Vanished Libraries of Anglo-Saxon England; 3. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (I): The Evidence of Inventories; 4. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (II): The Evidence of Manuscripts; 5. Reconstructing Anglo-Saxon Libraries (III): The Evidence of Citations; Conclusions; Appendices; Catalogue of Classical and Patristic Authors and Works Composed before AD 700 and Known in Anglo-Saxon England; Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This invaluable study sets out the evidence for the nature and holdings of libraries in Anglo-Saxon England, from the sixth century to the eleventh. It is furnished with appendices which include editions of all surviving Anglo-Saxon book inventories, lists of those manuscripts exported from and imported into Anglo-Saxon England, and a catalogue of all classical and patristic works cited by Anglo-Saxon authors. The volume is concluded by a comprehensive index |
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