Almanach de Gotha
almanac that served as a directory for the classification and genealogy of European nobility
alphabet
character set of an alphabetical writing system in a classified order
alphabetisation
children’s, young people’s or adults’ learning of the techniques of reading and writing
ambo
platform built out of stone in medieval churches, predecessor of the pulpit
Ambrosiana (Biblioteca Ambrosiana)
library founded in Milan in 1602
anachronism
false temporal classification of persons or events
anagram
forming a word by rearranging the letters of another word
analects
the fruits of reading: a collection of quotes and passages
analogue
in IT, a continuous, constant and infinitely variable process, also serves as a term for pre-digital media
ancillary rights
legal rights of use arising from a primary right that a publisher passes onto to a third party for the purposes of creating paperback editions, film versions or altered forms of a work
