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‎Crafting Knowledge in the Early Medieval Book. Practices of Collecting and Concealing in the Latin West‎

‎, Brepols, 2023 Paperback, 524 pages, Size:178 x 254 mm, Illustrations:7 b/w, 19 col., 22 tables b/w., Language: English. ISBN 9782503602479.‎

‎Summary Collection and concealment were hallmarks of early medieval book culture. Materials of all kinds were collected, collated, concealed, condensed, correlated, paraphrased, reorganised, and repurposed in early medieval manuscripts. This volume of essays explores how knowledge was made in the early medieval book in the Latin West through two interrelated practices: collecting and concealing. It provides case studies across cultures and areas (e.g. exegesis, glossography, history, lexicography, literature, poetry, vernacular and Latin learning). Collectio underpinned scholarly productions from miscellanies to vademecums. It was at the heart of major enterprises such as the creation of commentaries, encyclopaedic compendia, glosses, glossaries, glossae collectae, and word lists. As a scholarly practice, collectio accords with the construction of inventories of inherited materials, the ruminative imperative of early medieval exegesis, and a kind of reading that required concentration. Concealment likewise played a key role in early medieval book culture. Obscuration was in line with well-known interpretative practices aimed at rendering knowledge less than immediate. This volume explores the practices of obscuring that predate the twelfth-century predilection, long recognised by historians, for reading that penetrates beneath the ?covering? (integumentum, involucrum) to reveal the hidden truth. Cumulatively, the papers spotlight the currency of two crucial practices in early medieval book culture - the practices of collection and concealment. They demonstrate that early medieval authors, artists, compilers, commentators, and scribes were conspicuous collectors and concealers of knowledge. TABLE OF CONTENTS Sin ad O'Sullivan, Collecting and Concealing in the Field of the World Anna A. Grotans, Understanding the Scope of Knowledge in Early Medieval St Gall Mariken Teeuwen, The Intertwining of Ancient and Late-Antique Authorities in the Margins of Carolingian Manuscripts Michael W. Herren, Philology and Mercury after the Wedding: Truth and Fiction in Three Didactic Works David Ganz, Latin Shorthand and Latin Learning Franck Cinato, Critical Cumulation? How Glossaries were Constituted in the Early Middle Ages (6th-8th Centuries) Patrizia Lendinara, Unveiling the Sources of the Glosses to the Third Book of the Bella Parisiacae Urbis by Abbo of Saint-Germain-des-Pr s Rosalind C. Love, ?But what Polybius the Greek Physician Says is More Correct?: Sources of Knowledge in the Glosses to Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy at Tenth-Century Canterbury Kees Dekker, Collecting Encyclopaedic Knowledge in the Vocabularius Sancti Galli Evina Stein, Early Medieval Catechetic Collections Containing Material from the Etymologiae and the Place of Isidore of Seville in Carolingian Correctio John J. Contreni, Hic continentur ista: Collecting and Concealing in an Early Ninth-Century Instruction-Reader (Laon, Biblioth que Municipale ?Suzanne Martinet,? MS 265) Ildar Garipzanov, Graphic Ciphers and the Early Medieval Practices of Collectio and Concealment Andy Orchard, Building a Splendid Library: The Background and Context of the Bibliotheca magnifica Michael James Clarke, Medieval Scholarship and Intertextuality: A Case Study of Saxo Grammaticus on the Giants Ciaran Arthur, Harvesting Wisdom from Books and the Beauty of the Unknown Index of Manuscripts General Index‎

‎The Significances in the First Journal-book and the Charter-book of the Royal So‎

‎The Significances in the First Journal-book and the Charter-book of the Royal Society. In English (ask us if in doubt)/The Signatures in the First Journal-book and the Charter-book of the Royal Society.The Significances in the First Journal-book and the Charter-book of the Royal Society.. SKUalb7b6bcf578ef0576e.‎

‎Bibliographic Yearbook: Yearbook of the State Central Book Chamber of the RSFSR‎

‎Bibliographic Yearbook: Yearbook of the State Central Book Chamber of the RSFSR. In nine issues In Russian /Bibliograficheskiy ezhegodnik: Ezhegodnik Gosudarstvennoy tsentralnoy knizhnoy palaty RSFSR. V devyati vypuskakh 1) Book in 1921 1922. (2) Book in 1922-23. (3) Book in 1923-1924. (4) Book in 1924. (5) Book in 1925. (6) Book in 1926. (7) Book in 1927. (8) Book in 1928. (9) Book in 1929. (9) Book in 1929. (M.P.-L.: Book Publishing Company, State Publishing Company, State Socio-Economic Publishing Company, 1923-1931.) Complete set of nine editions of the Yearbook, published after a hiatus related to the First World War and Civil War. (1) Book in 1921-1922. (Bibliographic review. We have thousands of titles and often several copies of each title may be available. Please feel free to contact us for a detailed description of the copies available. SKUalb60d0e70c6d291c4e.‎

‎Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu (Chinese) (i.e. Quotations of Chairman Mao). - [THE ""LITTLE RED BOOK"" - THE ""CHINESE BIBLE""]‎

‎Sichuan Provincial Government edition. Likely Chongqing: May 1964 Pages measuring 137 x 102 mm. Original red vinyl with blindstamped lettering and star to front cover. The cover is made to fit around original blank paper-boards. Remains of light blue paint to spine and some soiling and staining to the inner flaps. Half-title printed in red, title-page in red and green with double-line imprint, tissue guard and portrait of Chairman Mao, Lin Biao's uncorrected endorsement leaf in facsimile, + 2, 2, 250 pp. Marginal notes on table of contents and strikethrough passage on pp. 192/3. With rare variant form (?) of the first character in the Chinese word for ""masses"" (??) – for example in chapter 1, p. 1, l. 11 (fourth character from the end).‎

‎First edition, slightly later variant issue, printed by the Sichuan provincial government. With the rare endorsement-leaf, which is usually lacking. The present copy has the uncorrected endorsement leaf but text pages 82/3 correctly printed. Bespoke derivatives of the first edition appeared soon after its release in 1964, this being one of the rare provinicial government ones. This edition is distinguishable from later editions by its slightly larger page size, by only containing 30 chapters, and by ending with page 250. This edition has a green double-line imprint on the title-page (schiller 4), which localizes it to Sichuan, and includes a rare variant form of the word ""masses"". There is no other publishing data, as the simultaneous production of the book at different locations in China made local distribution easier. The idea of publishing this little book of quotations, which are taken from the first official edition of Mao's writings (his selected works vols. 1-4, printed 1951-60), came to Lin Biao in late 1963 or early 1964, by which time the four volumes of Mao's works had become the chief reading and source of knowledge within China. The little (red) book was meant as inspirational reading for the public, and for several years a campaign was promoted urging (or perhaps commanding) everyone to study the thoughts of Chairman Mao in this form. The short quotation form made the thoughts more easily accessible, and even uneducated people (like the soldiers) were able to become acquainted with the thoughts and philosophy of their leader.Lin Biao wrote an endorsement, choosing three sentences from the diary of Lei Feng, which he wrote in calligraphic script. This endorsement leaf is lacking in most copies due to political reasons: By heavily promoting the LRB, Lin Biao had greatly risen in importance within the Mao-hierarchy, and he was actually designated to become Mao's successor, -however, rumours occurred that Lin Biao was planning to assassinate Mao and take over power immediately, and thus he was killed. Due to the close relationship between Lin Biao and Mao, the betrayal was considered the more disgraceful, in fact so disgraceful that it was decided that he had to be erased from modern history. Thus it was decided and commanded that the endorsement leaf was to be removed from all copies of the LRB, and getting caught with not having torn this leaf out might very well have meant the death penalty. ""The LRB continued to be printed in huge quantities for mass distribution up until the time of Mao's death on September 9th, 1976. This brought about an official end to the Cultural Revolution (which had used the LRB as a frequent symbol). By the late 1970s a change in government discouraged its further circulation and millions upon millions of copies were collected and destroyed as obsolete paper even while the cult of Maoism continued. It was during the centenary of Mao Tse-tung's birth (1993) that copies were once again printed, this time as facsimiles in English, French and German being exact replicas dated 1966 and with ""First Edition"" printed behind each title-page. They can be easily distinguished by their bright shiny red laminated covers and the presence of colored photograph portraits near the front. As they can still be found all over China, most likely they have been printed again even more recently. No one denies Mao is the Father of his country, truly the last Emperor, a symbol of power and reverence who has been exonerated for the mistakes of his reign and consequently recognized for his achievements as hope for the future. His ideology forms a brilliant concept that is still readable and admired today for its political theories and strategies, and no doubt he would be very proud to know the effect he has had on his own country and the world will never forget him."" (Oliver Lei Han, Sources and Early Printing History of Chairman Mao's ""Quotations). See:Schiller, Justin: Quotations of Chairman Mao, A Short Bibliographical Study. Peter Harrington. The Quotations of Chairman Mao: From single spark to prairie fire. ‎

‎Erpyl Andrey. Book 1 The Mirror Twins, Book 3 The Servant of the Tsar, Book 4 T‎

‎Erpyl Andrey. Book 1 The Mirror Twins, Book 3 The Servant of the Tsar, Book 4 The Broken Heavens. In Russian /Erpylev Andrey. Kn.1 Zazerkalnye bliznetsy., Kn.3 Sluga tsaryu., Kn.4 Raskolotye nebesa. Series: Mirror Empire. M. T8 RUGRAM 2020. Contact us for details or to request photos of available books. Delivery of this book could take longer than normal due to additional handling time before shipping, and no rush delivery options are available. Please let us know if you have a specific date by which you need to receive your order.SKUalb76b572404f24421c‎