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Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina ( Latin, ' Library of Alexandria '; [1] Egyptian Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية, romanized:Maktabet al-Eskendereyya, pronounced [mækˈtæb (e)t eskendeˈɾejjæ]) ( BA) is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt. It is a ...
In 1794, Alexandria Library opened as a private lending library, calling itself the Alexandria Library Company. In 1937, Dr. Robert South Barrett donated funds to build a public library in memory of his mother, physician Dr. Kate Waller Barrett (1857-1925). The Society of Friends granted a 99-year lease for use of its former Quaker Burial ...
Alexandria Library. Alexandria Library may refer to: Library of Alexandria, one of the largest libraries in ancient history. Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a modern library in Alexandria, Egypt. Alexandria Library (Virginia), a library in Alexandria, Virginia. A book series by Rachel Caine entitled The Great Library. Category: Disambiguation pages.
The Alexandria Library sit-in was one of the first staged sit-in actions in the United States, pioneering the use of nonviolent direct action to demand equal rights for African Americans. On August 21, 1939, five Black men sat down inside the Alexandria Public Library and quietly read books, a transgression of the library's "whites only" policy.
Alexandria (library software) Alexandria is browser based cross-platform library automation software used by thousands of libraries around the world, both public libraries and school libraries. These include the Houston Independent School District, Philadelphia Public Schools, and the Berkeley Unified School District. [1]
Letter of Aristeas. Beginning of the Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 11th century. The Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates is a Hellenistic work of the 3rd or early 2nd century BC, considered by some Biblical scholars to be pseudepigraphical. [1] The letter is the earliest text to mention the Library of Alexandria.
Imaginary depiction of the Library of Alexandria. The Pinakes (Ancient Greek: Πίνακες 'tables', plural of πίναξ pinax) is a lost bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog in the West; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus's tenure there during the ...
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of downtown Washington, D.C. Alexandria is the third largest "principal city" of the Washington metropolitan area which is part of the larger Washington-Baltimore combined statistical area.