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The saga of a legendary collection of world heritage manuscripts
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9788299711883 (hardcover)
Author
Schøyen, Martin
Title
The saga of a legendary collection of world heritage manuscripts / Martin Schøyen
Publisher
Oslo : Bibliofilklubben, 2020
Physical desc.
303 pages ; illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
Series
Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection
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Note
'Published by Bibliofilklubben and presented to Martin Schøyen by his fellow members on the occasion of his 80th birthday'--title page verso.
Gift of Martin Schøyen: numbered 86 out of 300.
Portrait and brief text on A. Chester Beatty (page 273).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Born collector -- Collecting Roman coins and old farmhouses: besides Viking artefacts and meteorites! -- The beginning of collecting rare books, incunables and manuscripts: debut at Sotheby's -- Up agains 'the ring' at auction! -- Palaeography: the history of script over 5,000 years -- Purchase of 2 1/2 tons of manuscripts! -- Adventure in the Vatican -- More treasures in New York -- Codex sinaiticus zosime rescriptus and other world heritage manuscripts out of the Sinai desert -- Two failures to buy the Gutenberg bible, and success with pre-Gutenberg blockprinting -- Incunables or manuscripts? -- All in: manuscripts only! the 40 manuscript collections -- Papyrus challenges -- The saga of Christianity's oldest liturgical manuscript: drama at Sotheby's -- Pilgrimage to Canterbury -- World literature from Homer to the Norse sagas -- Dead Sea Scrolls: the ultimate challenge! -- Oriental golden manuscripts -- Foundation manuscripts of Buddhism -- Media storm! -- Buddhist manuscripts' triumphal exhibitions through ten Asian countries, and an honorary doctorate -- Music notation from 1900 BC to 2007 AD -- Beethoven and Grieg at work -- The scribes, forgotten artists without glasses -- The book-binders -- Four additional infatuations with mainly printed literature: Shakespeare, Ibsen, Goethe, even Fleming and Bond! -- Oversized collection in too small libraries -- Mentors and inspirers -- Publications and the scholars -- Back to the future -- Soli deo gloria!
Person as subject
Schøyen, Martin -- Library
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Schøyen Collection
Subject
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (Papyri)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Illumination of books and manuscripts
Collectors and collecting
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De Hamel, Christopher 1950-
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