Book contents
- History in Flames
- History in Flames
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Our Knowledge of the Past
- Chapter 2 Libraries and Archives
- Chapter 3 What Has Been Lost?
- Chapter 4 A Narrow Escape: Beowulf
- Chapter 5 ‘Away with the Learning of the Clerks!’
- Chapter 6 Strasbourg, 24 August 1870: The Garden of Delights
- Chapter 7 Dublin, 30 June 1922: The Public Record Office of Ireland
- Chapter 8 Naples, 30 September 1943: The State Archive
- Chapter 9 Hanover, 9 October 1943: The Ebstorf Map
- Chapter 10 Chartres, 26 May 1944: The Municipal Library
- Conclusion
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
Chapter 2 - Libraries and Archives
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- History in Flames
- History in Flames
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Our Knowledge of the Past
- Chapter 2 Libraries and Archives
- Chapter 3 What Has Been Lost?
- Chapter 4 A Narrow Escape: Beowulf
- Chapter 5 ‘Away with the Learning of the Clerks!’
- Chapter 6 Strasbourg, 24 August 1870: The Garden of Delights
- Chapter 7 Dublin, 30 June 1922: The Public Record Office of Ireland
- Chapter 8 Naples, 30 September 1943: The State Archive
- Chapter 9 Hanover, 9 October 1943: The Ebstorf Map
- Chapter 10 Chartres, 26 May 1944: The Municipal Library
- Conclusion
- Figures
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
Summary
A discussion of where, why and how parchment material was preserved in the Middle Ages, distinguishing broadly between books kept in libraries and documents kept in archives. The distinction between outgoing and incoming archives and a case study of two documents of the emperor Frederick II.
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- History in FlamesThe Destruction and Survival of Medieval Manuscripts, pp. 18 - 37Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024