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050	1	4	_aZ 722.5 _bL697 2002
245	0	4	_aThe Library of Alexandria : _bcentre of learning in the ancient world / _cedited by Roy MacLeod ; with a foreword by Ismail Serageldin.
264		1	_aCairo, Egypt : _bThe American University in Cairo Press, _c2002.
300			_axii, 196 pages : _bmap ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : 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.
520			_aThe 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.
610	2	0	_aAlexandrian Library.
610	2	4	_aBiblioteca de Alejandría _xHistoria _935472
650		0	_aLibraries _zEgypt _zAlexandria _xHistory _yTo 400.
650		4	_aBibliotecas _xHistoria _zEgipto _97429
651		0	_aAlexandria (Egypt) _xIntellectual life.
651		4	_aAlejandría (Egipto) _xVida intelectual _935473
651		0	_aAlexandria (Egypt) _xAntiquities.
651		4	_aAlejandría (Egipto) _xAntigüedades _935474
651		0	_aEgypt _xHistory _yGreco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.
700	1		_aMacLeod, Roy M. _q(Roy Malcolm), _d1941- _eeditor. _935475
700	1		_aSerageldin, Ismail, _d1944- _935476 _eforeword
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