Talk:Bibliothèque Royale
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French Bibliotheque royale
[edit]@Macrakis: What is the basis for calling the French library the Bibliothèque royale? It is not listed on the French dab page. Srnec (talk) 14:47, 18 April 2020 (UTC)
- It turns out that the name "Bibliothèque royale" has a long history:
- In the bookmarks of the library itself [1]
- In a book about the Bibliothèque du Roi (1856), sometimes generically talking about royal libraries, but often about the French monarch's library [2]
- In the decree establishing the library [3]
- "the Bibliothèque nationale, the heir of the Bibliothèque royale" [4]
- It could be argued that these are mistakes of one kind or another, but even if they are, a DAB page is useful to help find the standard name.
- Thanks for your attention to detail on this! --Macrakis (talk) 15:32, 18 April 2020 (UTC)