02611nam 2200625Ia 450 991078109730332120230725044831.00-19-161039-91-282-38370-197866123837000-19-157363-9(CKB)2550000000001198(EBL)472395(OCoLC)536246915(SSID)ssj0000338875(PQKBManifestationID)11266337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338875(PQKBWorkID)10298054(PQKB)10032195(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075720(MiAaPQ)EBC472395(Au-PeEL)EBL472395(CaPaEBR)ebr10358558(CaONFJC)MIL238370(MiAaPQ)EBC7034631(Au-PeEL)EBL7034631(EXLCZ)99255000000000119820090813d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe idea of the library in the ancient world[electronic resource] /Yun Lee TooOxford ;New York Oxford University Pressc20101 online resource (276 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-172291-X 0-19-957780-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Idea of the Library; ORIGINS: THE DIACHRONIC PERSPECTIVE; FORMS OF THE LIBRARY; MEMORIES; PHYSICALITIES; Concluding Thoughts; References; General Index; Index LocorumIn The Idea of the Library in the Ancient World Yun Lee Too argues that the ancient library was much more than its incarnation at Alexandria, which has been the focus for students of the subject up till now. In fact, the library is a complex institution with many different forms. It can be a building with books, but it can also be individual people, or the individual books themselves. In antiquity, the library's functions are numerous: as an instrument of power, of memory,of which it has various modes; as an articulation of a political ideal, an art gallery, a place for sociality. Too indirectLibrariesHistoryTo 400LibrariesHistoryLibrariesHistoryLibrariesHistory.027.03Too Yun Lee183724MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781097303321Idea of the library in the ancient world245892UNINA