Memory of the world /
Memory of the world : the treasures that record our history from 1700 BC to the present day
Unesco
- Paris : Glasgow : Unesco ; HarperCollins Publishers, 2012
- 607 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.
Documents from the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme. Subtitle from cover Includes index
Foreword p. 9 The emotional power of documents p. 11 World map and Memory of the World Register p. 12 The book is ordered by the date the documents were recorded. Each entry has a timeline at the top of the page. The Hittite cuneiform tablets from Bogazköy p. 24 Rigveda p. 26 Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer p. 28 Commemorative stelae of Nahr el-Kalb, Mount Lebanon p. 30 The Phoenician alphabet p. 32 Huang Di Nei Jing $$ (Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon) p. 35 Ancient Naxi Dongba literature manuscripts p. 36 Mashtots Matenadaran ancient manuscripts coll (...read more)
UNESCO'S Memory of the World programme attempts to protect our heritage in the form of documents, manuscripts, oral traditions, audio-visual materials and archival holdings of universal valued. Book jacket.
Archives--Bibliography. Historiography. Archival materials--Conservation and restoration. Manuscripts--Conservation and restoration. Cultural property--Protection. Digital preservation. History--Sources. Archives--Directories. Documentación Administración de archivos --Bibliografías Conservación de documentos Conservación y restauración de manuscritos --Conservación y restauración Catalogación de materiales de archivo Preservación digital