- Title :
-
'Written in the book of life' : building the libraries of medieval English hospitals and almshouses
- Author :
- RAWCLIFFE, Carole ;
- Publication year :
- 2002
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- Looks at the scale of investment in books of many kinds by the masters and patrons of medieval hospitals. Considers the motives of donors and the role of commemoration, problems of safekeeping, storage, and the impact of the Dissolution. Publishes an appendix of English medieval hospitals. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Architecture ; Bibliothèque ; Collections ; Coût ; Grande-Bretagne ; Hospice de charité ; Hopital ; Livre ; Moyen Age ; Mécénat ; 1100-1600 ;
- Descriptors :
- Almshouses ; Architecture ; Books ; Collections ; Cost ; Great Britain ; Hospitals ; Libraries ; Medieval ; Patronage ; 1100-1600 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
- Library, 2002, 3, 2, June
- INIST identifier :
- 24875692 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0024-2160 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press, London
- Publisher country :
- UNITED KINGDOM ;
