TM School Library Media Month  April 2011  Library Media Services  Miami-Dade County Public Schools Ancient Libraries: 100 CE – 1440 CE

Sheets of parchment were sewn together along one edge, forming a codex. Source: World Book Ancient Libraries: 100 – 400 CE

Abbasid caliph Al- Mamun ( CE) established the House of Wisdom, a library and translation academy at Baghdad. Source: Grolier Multimedia Ancient Libraries: 825 CECE

The House of Wisdom was open to Muslim scholars from all over the world. It was created to translate the works of Greek science into Arabic and integrate this wisdom into Islamic philosophy and science. The House of Wisdom was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13 th century. Ancient Libraries: Ca. 825 CE

Source: Destiny Ishaq travels the world to find ancient books and manuscripts and bring them back to the great library known as The House of Wisdom. Look for the book, House of Wisdom, in the Destiny catalog! Modern M-DCPS Libraries: 2010 CE

Source: Destiny Enter the search term “Mongols” into Destiny. Click keyword search. You will find Storm from the East and many other titles that tell about the Mongol history in the M-DCPS library media centers. Storm from the East describes the history of the Mongol Empire, including the Mongol invasions and conquests. Modern M-DCPS Libraries: 2010 CE

Source:Facts on File: World History Photo: Middle Ages: Libraries Ca CE The Sorbonne, a college of theology at the University of Paris, France, had a library that contained 1,000 volumes.

To secure its valuable collection, but provide access to its readers, a large portion of its collection was chained to tilted shelves…to make reading easier. S (Public Domain) Middle Ages: Libraries Ca CE - Sorbonne

"The thievish disposition of some that enter into libraries to learn no good there, hath made it necessary to secure the innocent books, even the Sacred volumes themselves, with chains— which were better deserved by those persons. who have too much learning to be hanged, and too little to be honest." Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. Chained Books. Source: liam/pictures/oldbooks/AndrewsCuriositiesOfTheChurch/pages/133-Chained-library-at-Wimborne-Minster / (Public Domain) Middle Ages: Libraries

The Vatican Library was actually founded in the 4 th century in Rome, Italy, but was used very little until the 15 th century. Materials were stored in large cupboards called presses. Source: World Book The Renaissance: Libraries ca CE

Today, the Vatican Library, in Vatican City, has one of the world's largest and most valuable collections of early manuscripts and books. The Vatican Library is the oldest public library in Europe and one of the main libraries in the world today. Source: World Book Modern Libraries 2010 CE

Portions of the Vatican Library are now online. Modern Libraries 2010 CE

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France How did the libraries in middle ages protect the books from being stolen?

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