Virtual visits to lost libraries:
reconstruction of and access to dispersed collections
Papers presented on 5 November 2010 at the CERL Seminar hosted by the Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen.
Editor(s): Ivan Boserup, David J. Shaw
Author(s): Elmar Mittler; Graham Jefcoate; Isabelle de Conihout; István Monok; Ivan Boserup; Johan Oosterman; Jutta Weber; Karen Skovgaard-Petersen; Karin Zimmermann; Marina Venier; Matthew James Driscoll; Monique Hulvey
Language(s): Language(s): English
13-digits ISBN: 978–0–9569996–0–3
Pages: 179
Collection: CERL Papers
Publisher: The Consortium of European Research Libraries
Year: 2011
Abstract & Notes
This volume presents papers from the 2010 CERL Seminar Virtual Visits to Lost Libraries: Reconstruction of and Access to Dispersed Collections, hosted by the Royal Library of Denmark, Copenhagen. The contributions explore methods for reconstructing fragmented and dispersed libraries, revealing the provenance, circulation, and intellectual context of early European book collections.
Case studies include the Bibliotheca Palatina (Elmar Mittler; Karin Zimmermann), Enlightenment collections such as the Forster Legacy (Graham Jefcoate and Jutta Weber), Renaissance Hebraic libraries (Monique Hulvey), scholars’ libraries in Hungary (István Monok), and monastic collections in Rome (Marina Venier). Methodological approaches to identifying provenance through bindings, numbers, and archival records are discussed, as exemplified by studies of the Gottorp collections in Copenhagen (Karen Skovgaard-Petersen; Ivan Boserup). Collectively, the papers demonstrate the potential of digital tools and international collaboration for virtually reuniting dispersed collections, highlighting their centrality to European cultural and intellectual history.
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