The Architecture of Libraries in Western Civilization
The Architecture of Libraries in Western Civilization

Author: K. Staikos

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Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781584563679

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The Architecture of Western Libraries, from the Minoan era to Michelangelo' deals with the architectural evolution of the spaces in which written and graphic material was kept, from the Minoan times to the Italian Renaissance (ca. 1600 BCE- 1600 CE). Nowadays these rooms are known as "libraries"; however, the library acquired its present form through a turbulent journey. The five chapters that comprise the book cover the Greek world, the Roman world, the Byzantine period, the Western Middle Ages, and the Renaissance, respectively. 0Author K. Sp. Staikos examines in detail the special features of the chambers used to store books in public, private, monastic and palace libraries. The main aim of this study is to familiarize the wider public with the distinctive architectural traits of the library, as well as with the people who contributed to the preservation of the heritage of written documents. In addition, special mention is made of the political and religious circumstances that affected the architectural form of libraries throughout ages and cultures.0Translation by Timothy Cullen, Alexandra Doumas, Nikos Koutras, and Katerina Spathi.

The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Cicero to Hadrian : the Roman world from the beginnings of Latin literature to the monumental and private libraries of the Empire
The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Cicero to Hadrian : the Roman world from the beginnings of Latin literature to the monumental and private libraries of the Empire

Author: K. Staikos

Publisher: History of the Library in West

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13:

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-- Vol. 4. "This fourth volume discusses the publishing procedure for secular and religious writings of late antiquity and the factors that led to the impoverishment of the monumental libraries in Rome. New centers of learning grew up in the monasteries, where great libraries containing educational and instructive books and representative works of Christian literature came into being. Monastic libraries were founded throughout Europe, including the regions with Celtic and Anglo-Saxon populations: those at Monte Cassino, Bobbio, St. Gallen, Fulda, Cluny and elsewhere are dealt with extensively. Mention is also made of the libraries founded in universities and of the new philosophy of forming school libraries, as in Bologna and Paris."--Publisher's website.

The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Cassiodorus to Furnival : classical and Christian letters, schools and libraries in the monasteries and universities, Western book centres
The History of the Library in Western Civilization: From Cassiodorus to Furnival : classical and Christian letters, schools and libraries in the monasteries and universities, Western book centres

Author: K. Staikos

Publisher: History of the Library in West

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789061942900

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Vol. 5. "In this fifth volume, the author writes about the re-evaluation of the ancient world: this set in motion a quest for the surviving works of ancient Greek and Latin literature, most of which were to be found in monastic libraries. He discusses the new schools and scholarly circles that were formed to promote the spread of Greek and Latin literature, especially philosophical works, and the emergence from them of the first humanistic libraries. He evokes the character of the libraries belonging to patrons of literature and the arts, such as Matthias Corvinus, the Vatican, the Medici family, the Dukes of Urbino and François I, among many others. Finally, there is an excellent treatise and circumstantial account of the invention of printing, which changed the scene as regards the dissemination of books and the formation of libraries in such a way that the world of books during the Renaissance witnessed a return to the state of affairs existing under the Roman emperors from Augustus to Hadrian."--Publisher's website.