Greeks, Books and Libraries in Renaissance Venice

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-11-057520-0
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 401 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1127 g

Reihe: Transmissions

What does writing Greek books mean at the height of the Cinquecento in Venice? The present volume provides fascinating insights into Greek-language book production at a time when printed books were already at a rather advanced stage of development with regards to requests, purchases and exchanges of books; copying and borrowing practices; relations among intellectuals and with institutions, and much more. Based on the investigation into selected institutional and private libraries – in particular the book collection of Gabriel Severos, guide of the Greek Confraternity in Venice – the authors present new pertinent evidence from Renaissance books and documents, discuss methodological questions, and propose innovative research perspectives for a sociocultural approach to book histories.

Zielgruppe

Classicists, all those interested in the time of the Cinquecento

Autoren/Hrsg.

Piccione, Rosa Maria

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Rosa Maria Piccione, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy.