A Livraria do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida (1542-1834)

This study focuses on the formation, constitution and organization of the Library of the Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida collection (Arrábida Convent), between the years 1542 and 1834. Located in the conventual complex in the middle of Arrábida mountain range, it’s one of the few mona...

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Main Authors: Aurelia Ionel, Carlos Guardado da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CITCEM 2020-05-01
Series:Páginas a&b
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Online Access:https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/paginasaeb/article/view/7830/7186
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spelling doaj-bcfa8d509a964fbf938a8765bdc5015f2020-12-02T17:32:51ZengCITCEMPáginas a&b0873-56702183-66712020-05-01esp14115910.21747/21836671/pag2020a10A Livraria do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida (1542-1834)Aurelia IonelCarlos Guardado da SilvaThis study focuses on the formation, constitution and organization of the Library of the Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida collection (Arrábida Convent), between the years 1542 and 1834. Located in the conventual complex in the middle of Arrábida mountain range, it’s one of the few monastic libraries in Portugal that has preserved the physical space and its bibliographical collection, even though it is now part of the Documentation Centre of Fundação Oriente. A more in-depth and critical knowledge of how the library of the Arrábida Convent developed during its existence (1539-1834) may only be possible by exploring and addressing each aspect that defines any library as a physical place and a space of knowledge and memory. By means of a qualitative and quantitative study, and using the documentary research method, it was possible to depict the numerical dimension, the thematic composition, the distribution of books by language and date, and the organization of the collection, which will be summarized in this paper.https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/paginasaeb/article/view/7830/7186monastic librarylibrary sciencelibrary of the arrábida conventorder of saint francis
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Carlos Guardado da Silva
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Carlos Guardado da Silva
A Livraria do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida (1542-1834)
Páginas a&b
monastic library
library science
library of the arrábida convent
order of saint francis
author_facet Aurelia Ionel
Carlos Guardado da Silva
author_sort Aurelia Ionel
title A Livraria do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida (1542-1834)
title_short A Livraria do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida (1542-1834)
title_full A Livraria do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida (1542-1834)
title_fullStr A Livraria do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida (1542-1834)
title_full_unstemmed A Livraria do Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida (1542-1834)
title_sort livraria do convento de nossa senhora da serra da arrábida (1542-1834)
publisher CITCEM
series Páginas a&b
issn 0873-5670
2183-6671
publishDate 2020-05-01
description This study focuses on the formation, constitution and organization of the Library of the Convento de Nossa Senhora da Serra da Arrábida collection (Arrábida Convent), between the years 1542 and 1834. Located in the conventual complex in the middle of Arrábida mountain range, it’s one of the few monastic libraries in Portugal that has preserved the physical space and its bibliographical collection, even though it is now part of the Documentation Centre of Fundação Oriente. A more in-depth and critical knowledge of how the library of the Arrábida Convent developed during its existence (1539-1834) may only be possible by exploring and addressing each aspect that defines any library as a physical place and a space of knowledge and memory. By means of a qualitative and quantitative study, and using the documentary research method, it was possible to depict the numerical dimension, the thematic composition, the distribution of books by language and date, and the organization of the collection, which will be summarized in this paper.
topic monastic library
library science
library of the arrábida convent
order of saint francis
url https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/paginasaeb/article/view/7830/7186
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