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Author | : Sotheby & Co. (London, England) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 754 |
Release | : 1949-07 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Sotheby & Co. (London, England) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 754 |
Release | : 1949-07 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Mathijs Lamberigts |
Publisher | : Peeters Publishers |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Bibles |
ISBN | : 9789042917859 |
This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference entitled Lay Bibles in Europe 1450-1800. The conference took place in Amsterdam in April 2004 and was organized by Biblia sacra, a joint Dutch-Flemish research group. The clamor for Bibles in the vernacular flourished within lay renewal movements of the late 14th century, including groups like the Brethren and Sisters of the Common Life. In the early 16th century, humanists like Erasmus and Lefvre d'taples stimulated vernacular Bible reading. As the Protestant Reformation became established, lay Bibles were produced on a large scale. In reaction to this development, Catholic theologians issued 'orthodox' Bible translations in various vernaculars based on the Vulgate. In sum, from the 15th to the 18th century, editions from various confessional or ideological backgrounds appeared throughout Western Europe. Of course, the invention and spread of the printing press greatly enhanced the distribution of these editions. The essays collected in this volume approach Lay Bibles in Europe 1450-1800 from various perspectives, including the history of books, art history and church history.
Author | : Gilbert Tournoy |
Publisher | : Leuven University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 1992-02-15 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9789061865162 |
Volume 41
Author | : John Brian Harley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1090 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Cartography |
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Author | : Richard De Bury |
Publisher | : Courier Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 84 |
Release | : 2019-06-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0486832465 |
"Will always hold an honorable place for bibliophiles." — The University of Chicago Press One of the earliest treatises on the value of preserving neglected manuscripts, building a library, and book collecting, Richard De Bury's The Philobiblon was written in 1345 and circulated widely in manuscript form for over a century. The first printed edition appeared in Cologne in 1473, and several others soon followed as the invention of the printing press spread throughout the late Medieval world. The chapter titles of this legendary work reflect its nature, combining the author's love for and commitment to the importance of books and the knowledge they contain with thoughts on collecting them, lending them, teaching with them, and simply enjoying them: "That the Treasure of Wisdom is chiefly contained in books," "What we are to think of the price in the buying of books," "Who ought to be special lovers of books," and "Of the manner of lending all our books to students." The Prologue ends with the following thought: "And this treatise (divided into twenty chapters) will clear the love we have had for books from the charge of excess, will expound the purpose of our intense devotion, and will narrate more clearly than light all the circumstances of our undertaking. And because it principally treats of the love of books, we have chose after the fashion of the ancient Romans fondly to name it by a Greek word, Philobiblon." This volume offers modern bibliophiles a splendid edition of one of the first books ever to study, define, and, above all, praise their passion: the all-encompassing love of books.