Medievalists.net » Libraries http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Rules of a Medieval Library http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/rules-of-a-medieval-library/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/rules-of-a-medieval-library/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2015 01:53:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=57814 No stealing, no talking, no women - the rules you had to follow in a medieval library!

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/22/rules-of-a-medieval-library/feed/ 0 The Libraries of the Byzantine World http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/02/libraries-byzantine-world/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/02/libraries-byzantine-world/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2015 04:33:35 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56571 The evidence for institutional libraries—those of the palace, the secular and patriarchal schools in Constantinople, and the monasteries—gives an approximate idea of the nature and extent of their holdings.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/02/libraries-byzantine-world/feed/ 0 $300 million library donated to Princeton University includes thousands of medieval manuscripts and early printed books http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/19/300-million-library-donated-princeton-university-includes-thousands-medieval-manuscripts-early-printed-books/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/19/300-million-library-donated-princeton-university-includes-thousands-medieval-manuscripts-early-printed-books/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:14:53 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56277 William Scheide has left his collection of rare books and manuscripts to Princeton University. It is believed to be worth about $300 million, making it the largest gift in the university's history.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/19/300-million-library-donated-princeton-university-includes-thousands-medieval-manuscripts-early-printed-books/feed/ 0 Two Lost Libraries in London http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/05/two-lost-libraries-london/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/05/two-lost-libraries-london/#comments Sat, 06 Sep 2014 04:51:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52355 Medieval libraries in England were assembled in many places and for different purposes.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/05/two-lost-libraries-london/feed/ 0 Call for Papers: Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/20/call-papers-medieval-renaissance-lost-libraries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/20/call-papers-medieval-renaissance-lost-libraries/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2014 05:48:03 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47762 The 2014 conference of CILIP’s Library and Information History Group will have the theme 'Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries'. It will be held at Senate House in London on Saturday 12 July 2014.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/20/call-papers-medieval-renaissance-lost-libraries/feed/ 0 Limitations and ethical implications of digitizing medieval manuscripts http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/limitations-ethical-implications-digitizing-medieval-manuscripts/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/limitations-ethical-implications-digitizing-medieval-manuscripts/#comments Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:14:08 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47585 This article seeks to identify limitations and ethical implications encountered when digitizing medieval manuscripts.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/15/limitations-ethical-implications-digitizing-medieval-manuscripts/feed/ 0 Medieval bindings: stiff board structures in Slovenian manuscript collection http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/medieval-bindings-stiff-board-structures-in-slovenian-manuscript-collection/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/medieval-bindings-stiff-board-structures-in-slovenian-manuscript-collection/#comments Sun, 24 Nov 2013 15:44:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45171 The paper aims to present the methodology of work used in the research as well as the process of formulating description form related to conservation bookbinding. The paper closes with observations and conclusions drawn from the analysis of the Slovenian collection of medieval codices.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/24/medieval-bindings-stiff-board-structures-in-slovenian-manuscript-collection/feed/ 0 Late Medieval Franciscan Statutes on Convent Libraries and Education http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/16/late-medieval-franciscan-statutes-on-convent-libraries-and-education/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/16/late-medieval-franciscan-statutes-on-convent-libraries-and-education/#comments Mon, 16 Sep 2013 18:30:28 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=43625 Although the higher education of the Franciscans has frequently been the object of research, their role in offering elementary instruction has often been ignored.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/09/16/late-medieval-franciscan-statutes-on-convent-libraries-and-education/feed/ 0 The Place of Germany in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance: Books, Scriptoria and Libraries http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/15/the-place-of-germany-in-the-twelfth-century-renaissance-books-scriptoria-and-libraries/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/15/the-place-of-germany-in-the-twelfth-century-renaissance-books-scriptoria-and-libraries/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2013 06:10:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42861 Scholars in Germany and elsewhere have studied individual instances of this growth in the output of scriptoria and expansion of collections, but no-one, as far as I know, has drawn attention to the impressive scale and character of the phenomenon as a whole.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/15/the-place-of-germany-in-the-twelfth-century-renaissance-books-scriptoria-and-libraries/feed/ 0 Downside Abbey to open its library to the public for the first time http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/12/downside-abbey-to-open-its-library-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/06/12/downside-abbey-to-open-its-library-to-the-public-for-the-first-time/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:34:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41627 Over 450,000 books and impressive medieval manuscript collection will now be available to the public thanks to a £856,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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