02991cam a2200469 i 4500 23242171 BJBSDDR 20240424104727.0 ta 230725s2002 ua b b 001 0 eng d 2022405844 9774247108 (paperback) 9789774247101 (paperback) IBI eng rda IBI OCLCQ OCLCG OCLCA MNJ OCLCF OCLCO OCLCQ GBVCP OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCA OCLCO DLC eng lccopycat f-ua--- Z 722.5 L697 2002 The Library of Alexandria : centre of learning in the ancient world / edited by Roy MacLeod ; with a foreword by Ismail Serageldin. Cairo, Egypt : The American University in Cairo Press, 2002. xii, 196 pages : map ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index. Introduction : Alexandria in history and myth / Roy MacLeod -- Before Alexandria : libraries in the ancient Near East / D.T. Potts -- Alexandria : the umbilicus of the ancient world / Wendy Brazil -- Cloistered bookworms in the chicken-coop of the muses : the ancient library of Alexandria / Robert Barnes -- Aristotle's works : the possible origins of the Alexandria collection / R.G. Tanner -- Doctors in the library : the strange tale of Apollonius the bookworm and other stories / John Vallance -- The theatre of Paphos and the theatre of Alexandria : some first thoughts / J.R. Green -- Scholars and students in the Roman East / Samuel N.C. Lieu -- The Neoplatonists and the mystery schools of the Mediterranean / Patricia Cannon Johnson -- Alexandria and its medieval legacy : the book, the monk and the rose / J.O. Ward. The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world and contained thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This text brings together scholars from many disciplines who bring it back to life. Alexandrian Library. Biblioteca de Alejandría Historia 35472 Libraries Egypt Alexandria History To 400. Bibliotecas Historia Egipto 7429 Alexandria (Egypt) Intellectual life. Alejandría (Egipto) Vida intelectual 35473 Alexandria (Egypt) Antiquities. Alejandría (Egipto) Antigüedades 35474 Egypt History Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D. MacLeod, Roy M. (Roy Malcolm), 1941- editor. 35475 Serageldin, Ismail, 1944- 35476 foreword 7 cbc copycat 3 ncip 20 y-nonroman lcc BK 111448 111448 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-11 0 Z 722.5 L697 2002 00000072883 2019-02-17 00:00:00 1 2019-02-17 BK