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E-book Between Manuscript and Print : Transcultural Perspectives, ca. 1400–1800

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Libraries and research institutions around the world hold countless manuscripts and early printed books.1 Some of the most prestigious and beautiful reading rooms are dedicated to these rare materials. Even smaller institutions often have their own divi­sion and sometimes a separate reading room or area for these holdings. While these smaller institutions often only have one reading room for their special collections, large institutions, such as the British Library in London, the Library of Congress in Washington, D. C., the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels, or the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin — Preußischer Kulturbesitz have multiple reading rooms, among them a rare books reading room and a manuscript reading room. The precise names of these read­ing rooms vary slightly. However, the division roughly runs between a room for manu­scripts and one for printed materials, which is indicated by their respective names. In practice this separation is not so clear cut. While for instance at the Library of Con­gress incunables have to be studied at the rare books reading room (Rare Book & Spe­cial Collections, LJ 239), in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin they are to be found in the manuscript reading room (Handschriftenlesesaal). This example shows that a variety of factors can be taken into account when classifying rare books: Their materiality and production date, however, are two of the most common.A book’s date and method of production not only are reflected in reading rooms but also in call numbers. No matter the institution’s size, almost all libraries rely on different call number systems for manuscripts and printed books. Often, they contain a significant amount of information about a book. They differentiate, for example, between the language of a text, indicate if a printed text is an incunable or was pro­duced after 1500, and sometimes even reveal previous owners. However, again, a com­mon division in call numbers can be found between manuscript and printed artifacts.Over the centuries, libraries have established individual reference systems suit­able for their collections and storage facilities. Some books, however, are disruptive for this system. One example is Sammelbände that contain both manuscripts and printed materials. In earlier centuries, libraries would separate these materials and shelve them ‘appropriately’ as manuscript or print. This obviously was not possible for mixed materials, such as printed books with individual manuscript pages. An example for this case is the so­called Stammbücher (alba amicorum): At Heidelberg University’s library, some are categorized as ‘manuscripts’ and subsequently filed under the own­er’s name, while others are cataloged under the printed book which forms the printed ‘base’ for the handwritten album amicorum.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

902 BRO b

Penerbit

Berlin : De Gruyter., 2023

Deskripsi Fisik

249 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9783111242699

Klasifikasi

902

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Miscellany of History

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