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Libraries in the Ancient Lionel Casson epub Libraries in the Ancient Lionel Casson pdf download Libraries in the Ancient Lionel Casson pdf file Libraries in the Ancient Lionel Casson audiobook Libraries in the Ancient Lionel Casson book review Libraries in the Ancient Lionel Casson summary | #578910 in Books | 2002-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.76 x.51 x4.96l,.34 | File type: PDF | 192 pages||17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.| A Wonderfully Concise Intro to Ancient Texts and Libraries|By Christian R. Burger|Great! to be concise (as the book was). A very informative and detailed description of early libraries and, to an extent, their role in the ancient world. This work is filled with important facts regarding the institutions we now call libraries. Casson also puts his well researched data into t|.com |The Dewey decimal system of cataloguing and its modern successors are relatively new, and they sometimes seem inadequate as ways of organizing knowledge in ever-changing fields of study. But the idea of bringing order to collections of written material is
This delightful book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when “books” were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Renowned classicist Lionel Casson takes us on a lively tour, from the royal libraries of the most ancient Near East, through the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, down to the first Christian monastic libraries. To the founders of the first public libraries of the Greek world goes the cred...
You easily download any file type for your device.Libraries in the Ancient World | Lionel Casson. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
