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Education, Change and the Longue Durée: The Fate of the Book
The physical form of the book known as the codex has been described as nothing less than “the most powerful object of our time,” as the “concrete form” of “the Western episteme.” The book, in other words, is an epochally and epistemologically ...
Norm Friesen
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Житие Герасима Вощикова и традиции севернорусской агиографии
В статье анализируется житие старообрядческого подвижника Герасима Вощикова, составленное в начале XX в. северодвинским писателем Симеоном Гавриловым.
Першина, Мария Валерьевна
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This essay briefly discusses the early history of Tibetan printing by comparing some facets of this subject with the European phenomenon. Printing started to be a means of dissemination of texts in Tibet and Europe at roughly the same time.
Michela Clemente
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In recent years, the number of research on regional book culture has increased. This trend can be traced in Buryatia, where, on the contrary to the consistency of surveys carried on during the Soviet period, they are scattered today.
E. A. Kuchmurukova
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Estate libraries of Tambov Governorate in the second half of the 19th – early 20th century
We analyze the formation of library collections estates of Tambov Governorate in the second half of the 19th – early 20th century. The relevance of the chosen problem is determined by the importance of updating knowledge about the library and estate ...
R. M. Zhitin
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Periodicity, Subscription, and Mass Circulation: Mail-Order Book Culture Reconsidered
Connections between periodical studies and book history run deep. Building on this existing work, this contribution discusses untapped potential at the cross-section of book studies and periodical studies, especially when considering mass ...
Corinna Norrick-Rühl
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The article is devoted to an overview of the latest trends in the study of the written heritage of the merchants of Russia. The author examines the principles and approaches to the study and publication of merchant autobiographical and epistolary texts ...
Maria A. Smirnova
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Far eastern private libraries: preservation and investigation
Personal libraries are an important element of national and regional book culture. Their study helps to reveal similarities and peculiarities in spiritual, cultural and socioeconomic development of different regions of a country.The purpose of the ...
N. V. Radishauskayte
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«Pocket libraries» of Transbaikal Buddhists is a source of reliable information on the Buddhist book culture development in the region. Consequently, these texts are of interest to any modern specialist in the field. These collections have included texts
A. A. Bazarov +2 more
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