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Library
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I. Library buildings [German version] A. Definition A library is a depository or building for books of all kinds. Libraries could be part of private houses, royal palaces, public and religious buildings ( Gymnasium, Forum, Thermae [1]), sanctuaries, or be independent buildings. Only few libraries have been secured or preserved, because most of their constituent elements, including bookcases (
armaria) and furnishings, were made of wood. Nielsen, Inge (Hamburg) [German version] B. Greece Book collections have been known in the Greek cultural area since the 6th cent. B…
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Brill’s New Pauly
Archive
(1,610 words)
[German version] A. Term Ἀρχεῖον (
archeîon) is derived from ἀρχή (
archḗ; office) and initially designated an office building (Xen. Cyr. 1,2,3; Lys. 9,9), but later also the documents created and collected there (Syll.3 684,7-8; Jos. c. Ap. 1,143); other terms are δημόσιον (
dēmósion; IG II2 1,28; Dem. Or. 18,142) and γραμματοφυλάκιον (
grammatophylákion; Plut. Arist. 21), in Egypt also βιβλιοθήκη (
bibliothḗkē) [1] and γραφεῖον (
grapheîon; P Ryland. 65,4, 1st cent. BC). In particular in the ecclesiastical area [2,619-27] archives were often called ‘libraries’. The Romans called…
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Brill’s New Pauly