Lionel casson is professor emeritus of classics at new york university. Jul 18, 2009 lionel casson was a classicist, professor emeritus at new york university, and a specialist in maritime history lionel casson is the author of librarie. Telling the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when books were clay tablets, a renowned classicist takes readers on a lively tour from the royal libraries of the ancient near east to the. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. The library of alexandria, in egypt, was the largest and most significant great library of the ancient world. Libraries in the ancient world yale university press. Travel in the ancient world by casson, lionel, 1914publication date 1974 topics travel, ancient publisher toronto, hakkert. Aug 15, 2002 libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson, 9780300097214, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Buy libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson from waterstones today.
Libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson, 2002, yale university press edition, in english. Ashurbanipal threatened patrons with the wrath of god. Ancient libraries download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. A very informative and detailed description of early libraries and, to an extent, their role in the ancient world. The dead sea scrolls at qumran and the concept of a library. Author casson, lionel, 19142009 subjects travel, ancient voyage histoire jusqua 500 reizen. Review of lionel casson, ancient trade and society. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read life in ancient egypt. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. This delightful book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when books were clay.
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To the founders of the first public libraries of the greek world goes the credit for creating the prototype of todays library buildings and the science of organizing books in them. Aug 26, 2016 the fierce, forgotten library wars of the ancient world. To obtain this comprehensive collection, the ptolemies solution was money and royal highhandedness. University of california, 1983, in classical world 78 1984 5859. Tracing the history of early ships and seamanship from predynastic egypt to the roman empire, from skiffs and barges to huge oared warships and royal yachts, casson describes not. Libraries in the ancient world is the most recent rendering of the history of libraries from the development of writing in the ancient near east at the end of the fourth millennium b. The idea of the library in the ancient world request pdf. You may remember that during the last time, we experienced some technical difficulties. Pdf libraries in the ancient world download full pdf book. This completely revised edition takes into account the fresh information that has. Libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson isbn. 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. The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents.
Pages can include considerable notes in pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Lionel casson this book tells the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when books. Of general inspiration is the essay on libraries and bookstexts collections in the ancient world by too 2010. Review of lionel casson, libraries in the ancient world, in journal of roman archaeology 15 2002, 469478. Libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson 1506 words. By piecing together findings, references from literary texts and even epitaphs relating to libraries, he offered a succinct view of the development of reading, writing and book. Pdf ships and seamanship in the ancient world download full. A bust of a ptolemaic king, most likely ptolemy ii philadelphus. Most of the chapters are about the libraries of the classical world from the library of aristotle to the library of alexandria to the libraries of rome to the libraries of the far parts of the empire. Libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson, 9780300097214, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Publication date 1959 publisher the macmillan company collection universallibrary. Lionel casson offers a delightful pilgrimage back to the earliest libraries, to the bright beginnings of. Life in ancient egypt ebook written by lionel casson. The fierce, forgotten library wars of the ancient world.
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Greek and roman libraries in the hellenistic age monica berti this paper aims at exploring the birth and growth of libraries in ancient greece and rome during the last two centuries bce and the 1st century ce. Casson also published libraries in the ancient world yale university press, 2001. To the founders of the first public libraries of the greek world goes the credit for creating the prototype of todays. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read life in ancient rome. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. Ebook lionel casson libro electronico descargar pdf serie. This work is filled with important facts regarding the institutions we now call libraries. Classicist lionel casson takes us on a tour from the royal libraries of the ancient near east, through the private and public libraries of greece and rome, down to the first christian monastic libraries. Libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson is the book that details inclusive study of libraries in the ancient world and provides the origination of the libraries to its founding and development starting in the western world from the ancient near east to the early byzantine period. Lionel casson author of libraries in the ancient world. Yale university press published casson s 2001 book libraries in the ancient world that uses references in ancient works and archeological evidence in the middle east and the grecoroman world to follow the development of writing, the creation of the first books and the process of copying them by hand and assembling them into libraries.
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