Papyrus (Record no. 60314)
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| fixed length control field | 01919 a2200241 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 240522b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9781529344004 (PB) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Universal Decimal Classification number | 94 |
| Item number | VAL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Vallejo, Irene |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Papyrus |
| Sub Title | : The Invention of Books in the Ancient World |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher | Hodder |
| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Place of publication | London |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xix, 442p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Greece imagines the future<br/>The roads to Rome<br/>Epilogue: Forgotten men, anonymous women |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Long before books were mass produced, those made of reeds from along the Nile were worth fighting and dying for. Journeying along the battlefields of Alexander the Great, beneath the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, at Cleopatra's palaces and the scene of Hypatia's murder, award-winning author Irene Vallejo chronicles the excitement of literary culture in the ancient world, and the heroic efforts that ensured this impressive tradition would continue. Weaved throughout are fascinating stories about the spies, scribes, illuminators, librarians, booksellers, authors, and statesmen whose rich and sometimes complicated engagement with the written word bears remarkable similarities to the world today: Aristophanes and the censorship of the humourists, Sappho and the empowerment of women's voices, Seneca and the problem of a post-truth world. Vallejo takes us to mountainous landscapes and the roaring sea, to the capitals where culture flourished and the furthest reaches where knowledge found refuge in chaotic times. In this sweeping tour of the history of books, the wonder of the ancient world comes alive and along the way we discover the singular power of the written word |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | Translated from the Spanish |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Books History |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Quests (Expeditions) |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | General |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Whittle, Charlotte (Translator) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BOOKS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| 1 | IMSc Library | Second Floor, Rack No: 60, Shelf No: 5 | 94 VAL | 77852 | BOOKS |