A Continental Shelf : Books Across Europe from Ptolemy to Don Quixote by Bodleian Bodleian Library (2005, Trade Paperback)

Bodleian Library

1851240276

9781851240272

45381905

Bodleian Bodleian Library

Continental Shelf : Books Across Europe from Ptolemy to DON Quixote

Trade Paperback

English

2005

Textbook

140 Pages

10.2in

0.5in

8.2in

23.5 Oz

Preface by Bodley's Librarian Preface by the Sponsor of the Exhibition Introduction List of Abbreviations Shaping the World the 1-7 Conceptions of teh World/Navigations/The Beginning of Cartography/Cartography meets Navigation/Pilgrimage/A Pilgrim Map of the Holy Land/A Pilgrim Guide to Rome The Classics and Christendom nos 8-21 The Roman Empire/Spain and the Roman Emperors/Monastic Copies of the Classics/Humanist Rediscoveries/First Editions and Pirated Editions/Classics for Export/The Bible in Latin and Greek/The Glossed Bible/The Gutenberg Bible/Monastic Life/Monastic Production of Printed Books/Printing for Bishops/Private Devotion/Devotional Pictures for Collectors International Languages-International Learning nos 22-23 Law/The Availability of Law Books/Medicine/Languages of Science/Launching a Discovery/Art and Science/Greek Mathematics/Aristotle/Learning Greek/Greek Printers/Hebrew/Philology and the Bible Vernaculars Across Europe nos 34-46 Hagiography/Glossing and Glossaries/Vernacular Biblical Instruction/Vernacular Evangelization/Vernacular Heresy/Translators in Exile/Vernacular Epic/Troubadours and Courtly Love/Illustrating Dante/Literature in Translation/A Vernacular Parody/Music/The Language of Architecture Neighbors nos 47-57 Marvels of the East/Travels/Arabic Medicine/Translating Islam/Crusading/Translating Christianity/The Borders of Europe/Exploration and Expansion/Astrology/Instruments of Observation/Mapping the Moon Conspectus of Shelfmarks

1994

Scholarly & Professional

Civilization, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Books

002.0902

Yes

Antiques & Collectibles, Literary Criticism, History