This video traces the rise of the Library of Alexandria, established by Ptolemy I around 300 BC, exploring its ambitions, immense collection of texts, and role in advancing knowledge across the Greek ...
In October 1731, a fire at London’s Ashburnham House destroyed portions of the Old Royal Library and the Cotton library. Fortunately, the Old Royal Library’s most precious object, the Codex ...
“But libraries, museums, and schools are fragile institutions; they cannot long survive violent assaults. A way of life was dying.” That quote is from Stephen Greenblatt’s book “The Swerve.” He’s ...
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