The museum of the history of book in Kaunas Public Library by Sigitas Lūžys

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A voz ou a plenitude do texto. Performance oral, práticas de leitura e identidade literária no Ocidente medieval by Carlos F. Clamote Carreto

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The development of the research on the history of libraries: a handful of reflections from the French perspective by Jean-Dominique Mellot

“…Its theoretical underpinnings were in fact provided by the existing studies on the history of books and the founding works by Henri-Jean Martin (1924–2007). …”
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The outline of Levas Vladimirovas' professional career by Genovaitė Raguotienė

“… Levas Vladimirovas, born on February 27, 1912, is an outstanding authority in the field of modern Soviet library science, as well as the history of books and libraries. The essential part of Levas Vladimirovas' life and his entire scientific and teaching career is closely linked with Vilnius University. …”
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From Law Book to Legal Book: The Origin of a Species by Michael Widener

“…Crossing Perspectives between Legal History and Book History«. Bridging the gap between legal history and book history requires a broader conception of legal literature, one that the term »legal book« captures more accurately than the narrower »law book«. …”
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When Musicology Goes Cultural: On Reviewing A Cultural History of Western Music in the Renaissance by Nicolò Ferrari

“… The cultural turn that transformed the humanities in the late twentieth century has also impacted musicology, which, has produced significant works emphasizing music’s role in cultural history. The book under review is part of an effort to write a multi-volume cultural history of Western music. …”
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A Handlist of Illustrated Early Solomonic Manuscripts in German Public Collections by Sophia Dege-Müller, Jacopo, Vitagrazia

“…We believe that the resulting work sheds new light on the history of book illustration in early Solomonic Ethiopia and hope that it will provide researchers with a valuable instrument to foster comparative research and a more integrative approach to the study of Ethiopian art. …”
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La Novela Española de Toulouse (1947-1948). Un catálogo de literatura antifascista by Fernando Larraz

“…This article analyzes this collection of brief literary texts from a double point of view: the cultural history of book publishing and the culture of the Spanish republican exile. …”
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The bookplates of the fund of Lituanica of the 18th century at the library of Lithuanian academy of science by Alma Braziūnienė

“…This review of bookplates is material that will help in studies of book history and especially in studying the history of libraries of Lithuania, their dispersion, and the history of book travel. …”
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Anthropodermic Bibliopegy, or, Using Human Skins in Books Binding: A historical study by د. حامد معروف الزیات

“…This study discuss the history of ‘Book Binding Phenomenon’ which meanthat using human skin in binding books. …”
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البیلوبیجیا الأنثروبودیرمیکیة أو تجلید الکتب باستخدام جلود البشر : دراسة تاریخیة

“…This study discuss the history of ‘Book Binding Phenomenon’ which meanthat using human skin in binding books. …”
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Codicology in Lithuania in 1918-1990: Between Book History and Palaeography by Rima Cicėnienė

“…Thus, between 1945 and 1990, codicology completely fulfilled its role as an auxiliary science of history. While book studies became an independent discipline in the period under discussion, codicology did not become as a discipline complete in itself. …”
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