The English Library: Sources and History

A. N. L. Munby Abbot Alexandria ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY Aristophanes of Byzantium Athens became Bible bibliographical Bishop Bodleian Britain British Byzantine Callimachus Cambridge candle catalogue Church circulating libraries classical cloister codex collection collector College colonnade Constantinople copy course culture David Knowles described domestic library earlier early editions eighteenth century England English libraries Erasmus evidence example famous fifteenth century folio friends Gaul Greek habit Heritage Holdenby House interest J. N. L. Myres John later Latin learning Leibniz letters librarian literary literature London medieval monasteries monastic libraries monks Museum Orders in England Ovid Oxford papyrus parchment Pergamum perhaps period poet printed books probably reader reading religious roll Roman Roman Britain Rome Royal Library scholar scholarship scriptoria shelves Sidonius Apollinaris Silchester Sir Thomas story survived tion town translation University vellum villa volumes William writing