SMC229H1 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 - Libraries
12 Feb 2019
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Midterm: 10 questions; 1 or 2 questions focusing on libraries (reading chapter) Wanted to store and preserve pieces of cuneiform writing on clay tablets. To store and transmit the knowledge to future generations. Alexandria library (300 bc): largest library in the world. Library provided a space for storage and a place to copy and circulate works. Villa of the papyri (79 ad), herculaneum epicentre for roman cultural life (hit by pompeii eruption) Evidence of a kind of library (scrolls, bookshelves in room) Where there are books, there are private or public places where books are shared; social climate to foster social interaction. Shift in the idea of libraries = in the renaissance (appetite for books) Gutenberg press to europe; revolutionized the era. Beginning of humanistic climate; love for knowledge, arts, cultural participation. Conceiving the beginning of our modern age. Mainly focused on higher classes and educated, literate societies. 15th century: humanists retrieved classical works (in greek and latin)
