Book contents
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Classical encyclopaedism
- Part II Medieval encyclopaedism
- 10 Byzantine encyclopaedism of the ninth and tenth centuries
- 11 Theimperial systematisation of the past in Constantinople
- 12 Admaiorem Dei gloriam
- 13 Shiftinghorizons
- 14 Isidore'sEtymologies
- 15 Loosegiblets
- 16 Why wasthe fourteenth century a century of Arabic encyclopaedism?
- 17 Opening up a world of knowledge
- Part III Renaissance encyclopaedism
- Part IV Chinese encyclopaedism: a postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
17 - Opening up a world of knowledge
Mamluk encyclopaedias and their readers
from Part II - Medieval encyclopaedism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2013
Book contents
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Classical encyclopaedism
- Part II Medieval encyclopaedism
- 10 Byzantine encyclopaedism of the ninth and tenth centuries
- 11 Theimperial systematisation of the past in Constantinople
- 12 Admaiorem Dei gloriam
- 13 Shiftinghorizons
- 14 Isidore'sEtymologies
- 15 Loosegiblets
- 16 Why wasthe fourteenth century a century of Arabic encyclopaedism?
- 17 Opening up a world of knowledge
- Part III Renaissance encyclopaedism
- Part IV Chinese encyclopaedism: a postscript
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Encyclopaedism from Antiquity to the Renaissance , pp. 357 - 376Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013
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