Catalogue of the Wardrop Collection and of Other Georgian Books and Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library
Author: Bodleian Library
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 384
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A Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
Author: Library Association. Rare Books Group
Publisher: London : Library Association Pub.
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 778
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised edition lists approximately 1200 libraries in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, some included for the first time, with details of their rare and special book collections. It covers mainly those printed before 1850, but includes manuscript and modern material where related.
The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
Author: Peter France
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 692
ISBN-13: 9780199247844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book, written by a team of experts from many countries, provides a comprehensive account of the ways in which translation has brought the major literature of the world into English-speaking culture. Part I discusses theoretical issues and gives an overview of the history of translation into English. Part II, the bulk of the work, arranged by language of origin, offers critical discussions, with bibliographies, of the translation history of specific texts (e.g. the Koran, the Kalevala), authors (e.g. Lucretius, Dostoevsky), genres (e.g. Chinese poetry, twentieth-century Italian prose) and national literatures (e.g. Hungarian, Afrikaans).
Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography
Author: Stephen H. Rapp
Publisher: Peeters Publishers
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 540
ISBN-13: 9789042913189
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOriginal literature first appeared among the indigenous population of Caucasia in the fifth century AD as a consequence of its Christianization. Though a number of Armenian histories were composed at this time, several centuries elapsed before the Georgians created their own. But how many centuries? Through a meticulous investigation of internal textual criteria, Studies in Medieval Georgian Historiography challenges the traditional eleventh-century dating of the oldest Georgian narrative histories and probes their interrelationships. Illuminating Caucasia's status as a cultural crossroads, it reveals the myriad Eurasian influences - written and oral, Christian and non-Christian - on these "pre-Bagratid" histories produced between the seventh and the ninth century. Eastern Georgia's place in the Eurasian world and its long-standing connection to the Iranian Commonwealth are specially highlighted. This volume also examines several related historical and historiographical problems of the early Bagratid period and supplies critical translations of six early Georgian histories previously unavailable in English. Dr. Stephen H. Rapp, Jr. is Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University, Atlanta (USA), and is the Founding Director of its Program in World History and Cultures.
The Bodleian Library Record
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 360
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Author: Toby Burrows
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-10-03
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1351208543
DOWNLOAD EBOOKToday’s libraries and museums are heavily indebted to the passions and obsessions of numerous individual collectors who devoted their lives to amassing collections of books, manuscripts, artworks, and other culturally significant objects. Collecting the Past brings together the latest research on a wide range of significant British collectors from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, including Hans Sloane, Sarah Sophia Banks, Thomas Phillipps, Sydney Cockerell, J. P. Morgan Jr., Alfred Chester Beatty and R. E. Hart. Contributors to the volume examine the phenomenon of collecting in a variety of settings and across a range of different materials. Considering the aims and motives that led these collectors to assemble such remarkable collections, the book also examines the history of these collections after the collector’s death. Particular attention is given to the often complicated relationship between collectors and the public institutions that subsequently came to house their collections. Situated within the framework of cultural collecting more generally, this book offers an authoritative series of essays on key collectors. Collecting the Past should be most interesting to researchers, academics and postgraduate students engaged in the study of museum studies, book history, manuscript studies, museum history, library history and the history of collecting. Professionals in libraries, museums and galleries will also find the volume of great interest.
The Literature of Georgia
Author: Donald Rayfield
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 1136825363
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe first comprehensive and objective history of the literature of Georgia, revealed to be unique among those of the former Byzantine and Russian empires, both in its quality and its 1500 years' history. It is examined in the context of the extraordinarily diverse influences which affected it - from Greek and Persian to Russian and modern European literature, and the folklore of the Caucasus.
Caught in Translation: Studies on Versions of Late-Antique Christian Literature
Author: Madalina Toca
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-01-13
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9004417184
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAncient translations of late antique Christian literature serve to spread the body of knowledge to wider audiences in often radically new cultural contexts. For the texts which are translated, their versions are not only sometimes crucial textual witnesses, but also important testimonies of independent strands of reception, cast in the cultural context of the new language. This volume gathers ten contributions that deal with translations into Latin, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Coptic, Old Nubian, Old Slavonic, Sogdian, Arabic and Ethiopic, set in dialog in order to highlight the range of problems and approaches involved in dealing with the reception of Christian literature across the various languages in which it was transmitted.
The Bodleian Library
Author: Bodleian Library
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 298
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt has taken over 400 years for the Bodleian Library to accrue the largest collection of academic books in Britain. To commemorate the foundation of the library by Sir Thomas Bodley in 1602 this volume gathers together contributions by the staff of the library who each discuss a particular section of the collection.
Byzantines and Crusaders in Non-Greek Sources, 1025-1204
Author: Mary Whitby
Publisher: British Academy
Published: 2007-11
Total Pages: 464
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese essays survey the range of historical sources from the peoples who collided with the Byzantine Empire during this period of dramatic upheaval. The Empire that had been expanded and consolidated by Basil II (d. 1025) was to disintegrate in the face of incursions from the north and Muslim east. In addition, pilgrims and crusaders from the west passed through the Empire and settled - culminating in the capture of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204. In order to understand the history of the region during this period, one must be aware of the rich source material created by these shifting populations, in a wide range of languages, and with differing traditions of historical writing. The fourteen essays give an overview of the material, highlighting any problems the historian may have in dealing with it, and provide detailed bibliographical surveys. Latin, Arabic, Jewish, Slavonic, Georgian, Armenian and Syriac sources are all discussed. This invaluable reference work offers new approaches for all those working on the meeting of the Christian and Muslim worlds in this period.
