| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 407 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-363) and indexes. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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 (combining the evidence. of inventories, surviving manuscripts, and citations) of all classical and patristic writings known in England b. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Libraries -- England -- History -- 400-1400.
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Libraries. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
400-1400 |
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English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- Bibliography.
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Manuscripts, Medieval -- England.
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Manuscripts, Medieval. |
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Scriptoria -- England.
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Scriptoria. |
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400 - 1400 |
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Electronic books.
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Bibliographies.
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History.
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Bibliographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lapidge, Michael. Anglo-Saxon library. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005 9780199267224 0199267227 (DLC) 2006297277 (OCoLC)61440476 |
| ISBN |
9781435618152 (electronic book) |
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1435618157 (electronic book) |
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9780191533013 (electronic book) |
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0191533017 (electronic book) |
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9780199239696 |
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019923969X |
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0199267227 (Cloth) |
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9780199267224 |
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