Greeks, books and libraries in renaissance venice / edited by Rosa Maria Piccione.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Piccione, Rosa Maria, editor.

Series:

Transmissions ; 1.

Transmissions ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Books--History--Italy--Venice--1450-1600.

Books.

Libraries--History--Italy--Venice--1400-1600.

Libraries.

Greeks--Books and reading--History--Italy--Venice.

Greeks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (X, 401 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Editor’s Preface

Contents

Greek Books in Renaissance Venice: Methodological Approaches and Research Perspectives

1. Greeks and Greek Books in Renaissance Venice

A Rediscovered Library. Gabriel Severos and His Books

Anonymous Collaborators of Nikolaos Choniates’ atelier in Manuscripts from Achilles Statius’ Library

Manolis Glyzounis, Greek Publisher and Copyist in Venice in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century

Maximos Margounios and Anacreontic Poetry: An Introductory Study

2. Western Intellectuals, Books, and Book Collections

Towards the Reconstruction of a Little-Known Renaissance Library: The Greek Incunabula and Printed Editions of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza

The Greek Library of Guillaume Pellicier: The Role of the Scribe Ioannes Katelos

Greek Manuscripts in Padua: Some New Evidence

A Book Journey. About an Henri II Estienne’s Greek Manuscript in Turin

3. Libraries in Archives

Knocking on Heaven’s Door. The Loan Registers of the Libreria di San Marco

Reconstructing a Library: Case Studies from the Archivio dei possessori of the Marciana National Library in Venice

Archival Research on Private Libraries in Renaissance Venice: Considerations, Elements, Perspectives

Sigla and Abbreviations

Bibliography

Sitography

Index of archival and library sources

Index of proper names

Index of tables and figures

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110577082

3110577089

9783110575293

3110575299

OCLC:

1202450458