| ISBN |
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 34 |
| 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). |
| Bibliography etc. |
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 |
| Corporate name |
Schøyen Collection |
| Subject |
Manuscripts |
| Manuscripts (Papyri) |
| Manuscripts, Medieval |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts |
| Collectors and collecting |
| Added name(s) |
De Hamel, Christopher 1950- |
