Monastic libraries

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MONASTIC LIBRARIES
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MARY HARRIETT KITTREDaE
THESIS FOR THE HEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LIBRARY SCIENCE
IN THE STATE LIBRARY SCHOOL
in the
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
PRESENTED JUNE 190
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Introduction
The beginnings of monachism 1
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The rise of the coenobites 1
The difference "between Eastern and Western monachism « . . 1 '
St Benedict 2
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The active idea of monacliism 2
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The develop^ment of the homes of the monks. 3
The monastic church. 3
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Rule of St Benedict 4
Tlie introduction of transcribing manuscripts 4
The question as to whether monks wrote from dictation or copied di-
rectly from the books 5
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The scriptorium 6
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Rules of the scriptorium 6
The process of transcribing 7
Illumination 8
The development of illumination 8
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The decline of the art of transcribing 9
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The monks as book collectors 9
The libraries of Alexander and of Origen 10
The library era began with the publication of the rule of St Bene-
dict 10
Originally books were stored in the cloister 11
The reference and the loan library .12
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The library finally occupied a separate room 12
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