The Imperial Library of Constantinople, in the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, was the last of the great libraries of the ancient world.
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The Imperial Library of Constantinople, in the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, was the last of the great libraries of the ancient world.
Nov 4, 2023 · This collection included 209 Greek and Georgian manuscripts of the Bible along with some 44 apocryphal writings as well as various documents on ...
Mar 15, 2015 · They burned the Imperial Library, probably nearly destroying its collections. The 1204 sack of Constantinople has been described as one of the ...
Dec 21, 2018 · Among the library's collections there were historical and juridical books, besides the works of Greek writers and philosophers such as Homer ...
This collection contains bibliographical aids, reference works and primary sources relating to many aspects of the Byzantine Empire, concentrating on the ...
At its height in the 5th century, the Imperial Library of Constantinople had 120,000 volumes and was the largest library in Europe. A fire in 477 consumed the ...
Dec 26, 2016 · Located in the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, the library was constructed circa 357-353 CE by the emperor Constantius II, as he became ...
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Nov 25, 2017 · Constantinople in 1828, a Residence of Sixteen Months in the Turkish Capital and Provinces, by Charles MacFarlane (London, 1829).
Oct 6, 2022 · TIL the Imperial Library of Constantinople held thousands of ancient Roman and Greek texts for ~1000 years. Most of the library was lost over ...
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