Author: James Midgley Clark
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category : Abbeys
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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Betrifft die Handschrift Cod. 264 der Burgerbibliothek Bern (S. 144-146 und 303).

Author: Sven Meeder
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350038695
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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The Carolingian period represented a Golden Age for the abbey of St Gall, an Alpine monastery in modern-day Switzerland. Its bloom of intellectual activity resulted in an impressive number of scholarly texts being copied into often beautifully written manuscripts, many of which survive in the abbey's library to this day. Among these books are several of Irish origin, while others contain works of learning originally written in Ireland. This study explores the practicalities of the spread of this Irish scholarship to St Gall and the reception it received once there. In doing so, this book for the first time investigates a part of the network of knowledge that fed this important Carolingian centre of learning with scholarship. By focusing on scholarly works from Ireland, this study also sheds light on the contribution of the Irish to the Carolingian revival of learning. Historians have often assumed a special relationship between Ireland and the abbey of St Gall, which was built on the grave of the Irish saint Gallus. This book scrutinises this notion of a special connection. The result is a new viewpoint on the spread and reception of Irish learning in the Carolingian period.

Author: Anna A. Grotans
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521803441
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 363

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A 2006 analysis of medieval teaching methods through the surviving manuscripts of the scholar Notker of St Gall.

Author: John Franklin Jameson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1084

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American Historical Review is the oldest scholarly journal of history in the United States and the largest in the world. Published by the American Historical Association, it covers all areas of historical research.

Author: David H. Stam
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136777849
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 586

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Following the format of Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places and International Dictionary of University Histories, the International Dictionary of Library Histories provides basic information for each institution - location and holdings - followed by an extensive (1,000-5,000 word) essay on its history as well as a Further Reading list. In addition, the dictionary includes introductory articles on the history of various types of libraries and a library history in various regions of the world. The dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions from around the world, including the world's most important research libraries and other libraries with globally or regionally notable collections, innovative traditions, and significant and interesting histories. The essays take advantage of the growing scholarship of library history to provide insightful overviews of each institution, including not only the traditional values of these libraries but their innovations as well, such as developments in automated systems and electronic delivery. The profiles will emphasize the unique materials of research in these institutions - archives, manuscripts, personal and institutional papers. The introductory articles on types of libraries include topics ranging from theological libraries to prison libraries, from the ancient to the digital. An international team of more than 200 leading scholars in the field have contributed essays to the project.

Author: James Francis Kenney
Publisher: New York : Octagon Books, 1966 [c1929]
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 924

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Author: James Midgley Clark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Author: Frank Coulson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190058390
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 1075

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Latin books are among the most numerous surviving artifacts of the Late Antique, Mediaeval, and Renaissance periods in European history; written in a variety of formats and scripts, they preserve the literary, philosophical, scientific, and religious heritage of the West. The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography surveys these books, with special emphasis on the variety of scripts in which they were written. Palaeography, in the strictest sense, examines how the changing styles of script and the fluctuating shapes of individual letters allow the date and the place of production of books to be determined. More broadly conceived, palaeography examines the totality of early book production, ownership, dissemination, and use. The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography includes essays on major types of script (Uncial, Insular, Beneventan, Visigothic, Gothic, etc.), describing what defines these distinct script types, and outlining when and where they were used. It expands on previous handbooks of the subject by incorporating select essays on less well-studied periods and regions, in particular late mediaeval Eastern Europe. The Oxford Handbook of Latin Palaeography is also distinguished from prior handbooks by its extensive focus on codicology and on the cultural settings and contexts of mediaeval books. Essays treat of various important features, formats, styles, and genres of mediaeval books, and of representative mediaeval libraries as intellectual centers. Additional studies explore questions of orality and the written word, the book trade, glossing and glossaries, and manuscript cataloguing. The extensive plates and figures in the volume will provide readers wtih clear illustrations of the major points, and the succinct bibliographies in each essay will direct them to more detailed works in the field.

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy, Northern
Languages : en
Pages : 884

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