Download or read book The Old Royal Library written by British library (Londres) and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Old Royal Library written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Old Royal Library written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British Museum written by British museum (Londres). and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Royal Manuscripts written by Scot McKendrick and published by British Library Board. This book was released on 2011 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illuminated manuscripts collected by successive kings and queens of England form the heart of a unique and visually stunning collection held by the British Library. A key figure in the formation of this collection was King Edward IV (1461–83), who commissioned a number of luxury manuscripts decorated with his arms. Subsequent monarchs added to this library, which was given to the nation by George II in 1757. Over 150 examples from this exceptional collection are presented in this catalog, which accompanies a major British Library exhibition of the same name. These manuscripts contain paintings produced by some of the finest artists of the Middle Ages. Highlights include the Book of Hours, made for Henry VIII's great grandmother, Margaret Beauch& Henry VIII's Psalter, commissioned and annotated by the king himself; maps of an itinerary from London to Apulia and to the Holy Land; and the Shrewsbury book, presented to Margaret of Anjou on her marriage to Henry VI in 1445. The catalog features full-page illustrations from each manuscript included in the exhibition, as well as three illustrated essays which explore the wider history and context of this unique collection. Written by the curators of the exhibition, along with contributions from several experts in the field, Royal Manuscripts will be a much-heralded event for scholars and collectors seeking to better understand the lives and aspirations of those for whom these stunning artifacts were made.

Download or read book The Old Royal Library London written by T. Julian Brown and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ancient Libraries written by Jason König and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.

Download or read book The Old Royal Library written by Thomas Julian Brown and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Manuscript Catalogues of the Old Royal Library at St James s Palace and Whitehall and of Queen Caroline s Library written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1650 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The King s Library written by Elaine M. Paintin and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated account of George III's book collection, including examples of early printing, maps and views of the King's Topographical Collection. Now part of the British Library, the collection was given to the nation by George IV and housed in a purpose-built gallery in The British Museum.

Download or read book Treasures of the British Library written by British Library and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This handsome volume tells the story of the Bristish Library and considers its treasures not just individually but as landmarks in the history of Britain's national library, from its origins in some of the great royal, noble and monastic collections of the Middle Ages to present day"--Book jacket.

Download or read book The Old Royal Library Published on the Occasion of the Royal Exhibition 1957 Celebrating the Bi centenary of the Gift of the Old Royal Library to the Nation by King George II written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book 1000 Years of Royal Books and Manuscripts written by Kathleen Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How important a part did books play in the lives of successive English monarchs and their families? Besides Alfred the Great, Edward IV, Henry VIII, and George III, which kings cared for books? This well-illustrated volume presents a fresh and wide-ranging review of the material and documentary evidence for royal interest in handwritten and printed books. Leading experts offer new perspectives on the part of England's monarchs in the circulation and preservation of texts from Anglo-Saxon times to the present day. Some essays consider individual books or monarchs. Others take a wider view of several centuries of evidence. At the heart of the volume is the remarkable array of royal books held by the British Library, including the Old Royal Library presented to the nation by George II and the King's Library presented by George IV. Contributors: Richard Gameson, Michael Wood, James Carley, Nicholas Vincent, Joanna Fronska, Catherine Reynolds, Scot McKendrick, Kathleen Doyle, John Goldfinch, and Jane Roberts.

Download or read book The Old Royal Library Published on the Occasion of the Royal Exhibition 1957 By T J Brown with the Collaboration of Margaret Scheele written by British Museum and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The British Library written by Janice Anderson and published by London : British Library, Reference Division Publications. This book was released on 1983 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Royal Manuscripts written by and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal manuscripts collection, together with a large collection of about 9,000 printed books donated by George II in 1757, are often referred to as the 'Old Royal library'. The collection contains nearly 2000 manuscripts including around 1200 illuminated or decorated volumes. The royal donation was housed in the newly founded British Museum and now is held at the British Library. The collection itself was assembled by English sovereigns from Edward IV to Charles II. It includes works acquired for Henry VIII from religious libraries by John Leland, the Lumley Library from the time of James I, and the Theyer collection acquired by Charles II. Prior to the donation to the British Museum, the Royal Manuscripts were housed after 1707 with the Cotton collection, but were not seriously damaged in the Asburnham House fire of 1731. 114 literary works fom the Royal Manuscripts have been selected, including verses dedicated to English kings and queens from Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, to Charles I, a verse narrative on the gunpowder plot, William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum, Erasmus's "A Certain Treatise cauled the institution of a christian prince or ruler", Ben Jonson's "The Twelvth Nights Reuells", Transcripts of letters connected with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Transcripts of works and letters of Sir Thomas More, the "Vision of Piers the Ploughman" and works of the Classics.

Download or read book The Book of the British Library written by Michael Leapman and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As well as holding some of the world's most prized cultural treasures, the British Library is the repository of the nation's collective memory. Owing its origin to the generosity and far-sightedness of a handful of 18th-century scholars and booklovers, and built up over 250 years, the Library's very extensive collections--of books, manuscripts, maps, music, newspapers, photographs, sound recordings, stamps, and digital media--offer keys to the understanding of human achievement in literature, art, music, politics, journalism, exploration, and much else, from ancient times to the present day. In this highly illustrated book, Michael Leapman tells the Library's story, highlighting the most significant and beautiful items in its care, as well as exploring some of the lesser known, more surprising artifacts housed in its iconic building in the heart of London.