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  2. Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. [10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed ...

  3. Bibliotheca Alexandrina - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Alexandria Library (Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Alexandria Library sit-in - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Category:Library of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the Library of Alexandria, its history, and its depictions.It was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world.The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts.

  7. Letter of Aristeas - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Pinakes - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. List of libraries in the ancient world - Wikipedia

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    The Library of Alexandria (fl. 285–145 B.C.) This library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts during the reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The Library quickly acquired many papyrus scrolls, possibly ranging from 40,000 to 400,000 at its height.

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