01911cam a22003493u 4500 19415 UtSlPG 20260610133443.0 m cr n 260607r2006||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 Z Clark, John Willis, 1833-1910 Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods : The Rede Lecture Delivered June 13, 1894 Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2006 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libraries_in_the_Medieval_and_Renaissance_Periods Release date is 2006-10-01 Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Libraries in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods" by John Willis Clark is a lecture delivered in 1894. Originally presented at the University of Cambridge with lantern slides, it traces the evolution of libraries from ancient Rome through the Renaissance. Clark explores monastic book collections, the growth of university libraries at Oxford and Cambridge, and distinctive practices like chaining books to shelves. The work examines how religious customs influenced academic library design and how the advent of printing transformed library practices across centuries. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Libraries -- History -- 400-1400 Libraries -- History -- 1400-1600 Manuscripts, Renaissance Manuscripts, Medieval https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19415 60800 60800