Main entry:

Bischoff, Bernhard, 1906-1991.

Title & Author:

Manuscripts and libraries in the age of Charlemagne / Bernhard Bischoff ; translated and edited by Michael Gorman.

Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©1994.

Description:

xv, 193 pages : map ; 26 cm.

Series:

Cambridge studies in palaeography and codicology ; 1

Notes:
Essays translated from the German.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Map: Writing Centres and Writing Provinces in the Age of Charlemagne -- 1. Manuscripts in the Early Middle Ages -- 2. Manuscripts in the Age of Charlemagne -- 3. The Court Library of Charlemagne -- 4. The Court Library under Louis the Pious -- 5. Libraries and Schools in the Carolingian Revival of Learning -- 6. Palaeography and the Transmission of Classical Texts in the Early Middle Ages -- 7. Benedictine Monasteries and the Survival of Classical Literature -- Bernhard Bischoff, Bibliography, 1981-1993.

Summary:

Bernhard Bischoff (1906-1991) was one of the most renowned scholars of medieval palaeography of the twentieth century. His most outstanding contribution to learning was in the field of Carolingian studies, where his work is based on the catalogue of all extant ninth-century manuscripts and fragments. Many of his articles on aspects of eighth- and ninth-century culture are now classics. Michael Gorman has selected seven of these essays, which he presents here for the first time in English translation. They include an investigation of the manuscript evidence and the role of books in the transmission of culture from the sixth to the late eighth century, and two studies of the court libraries of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious. Bischoff also explores centres of learning outside the court in terms of the writing centres and the libraries associated with major monastic and cathedral schools respectively.
This rich collection is designed to make Bischoff's seminal work on Carolingian culture more widely available.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0521383463 (hardback)
9780521383462 (hardback)

Subject:

Charlemagne, (0742-0814; empereur d'Occident) Bibliothèque.
Louis I, (0778-0840; empereur d'Occident) Bibliothèque.
Books France History 400-1450.
Manuscripts, Medieval France History.
Libraries France History 400-1400.
Transmission of texts.
Paleography, French.
Carolingians.
Paleography.
Books history
Manuscripts as Topic history
Livres France Histoire 400-1450.
Manuscrits médiévaux France Histoire.
Bibliothèques France Histoire 400-1400.
Transmission de textes.
Paléographie française.
Carolingiens.
Paléographie.
paleography.
Books
Libraries
Manuscripts, Medieval
Handschrift
Aufsatzsammlung
Bibliothek
Schrift.
Handschriften.
Bibliotheken.
Karolingische renaissance.
Books France History 400-1400.
Transmission de textes Moyen âge.
Paléographie Moyen âge.
Bibliothèques 400-1400.
Livres France Histoire 400-1400.
Manuscrits médiévaux.
manuscrit Empire carolingien études diverses.
bibliothèque Empire carolingien études diverses.
scriptorium Empire carolingien études diverses.
Geschichte 700-900.
France History To 987.
Europe.
Germany.
France
Europa
Empire carolingien Vie intellectuelle.
Manuscripts History
Libraries History

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Gorman, Michael M. (Michael Murray), 1944-
Cambridge studies in palaeography and codicology ; 1.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 105182
Call No.: ID Z8.F8.F5713; ID:94-B2139
Status: Available