Introduction
This introductory chapter begins with a brief discussion of the definition of a library. It describes the conception of a vast and labyrinthine library containing all existing books in Umberto Eco's novel The Name of the Rose. The chapter then considers the renewed enthusiasm for the study of ancient, but lost, libraries that emerged during the past twenty-five years.
Keywords: library, ancient libraries, Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
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