The Jesuitica Project : Twenty Years - Twenty Stories.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Pril, W.

Contributor:

Faesen, R.

Francois, W.

Van Loon, Y.

Series:

Documenta Libraria Series

Documenta Libraria Series ; v.44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--Research.

Jesuits.

Maurits Sabbebibliotheek.

Digital libraries.

Libraries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters Publishers & Booksellers, 2024.

Summary:

This book, edited by Yannick Van Loon, Rob Faesen, Wim François, and Ward De Pril, commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the Jesuitica Project. It highlights the project's impact on research related to Jesuit history and culture. The Jesuitica Project has been instrumental in cataloging a vast collection of Jesuit-related works and fostering scholarly research through digitization and bibliographic initiatives. The volume presents a series of articles that explore diverse topics such as the history of Jesuit libraries, the artistic contributions of Jesuit figures, and the Society of Jesus's influence in Leuven. The book serves as a testament to the project's success in integrating Jesuit collections into digital platforms, thus broadening access for researchers worldwide. It is intended for scholars and enthusiasts of Jesuit history and culture. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Twenty Years Jesuitica Project: A Brief History / Yannick Van Loon

Traces of Jesuit Ownership and Provenance in the Jesuitica Collections at the Maurits Sabbe Library: Exploring a Search Methodology with Focus on Leuven / Bernard G. F. Deprez

The Library as Imaginotheca / Mia M. Mochizuki

Magister Scholarum Gislebertus of Xanten and the Evangeliarium of Millingen / Lieve Watteeuw

Greek and Unique: A Curious Incunable from Venice / Eva De Ridder

Two Friends Collaborate in Favour of Contemplative Literature: Peter Canisius, S.J. (1521- 1597), Laurentius Surius (1523-1578) and the Institutiones Taulerianae / Rob Faesen

Bellarmine, Lessius, and the Leuven Faculty of Theology / Mathijs Lamberigts

Divus Lessius: Theology and Sanctity in Leonard Lessius's Journey (1554-1623) / Eleonora Rai

Justus Lipsius (1547-1606), Hubert Audejans (1574-1615) and the Leuven Jesuits / Gilbert Tournoy

Reprinting Jeremias Drexel, S.J. / Alexander Soetaert

O Vere Augustum Super Omnia Nomen Iësu Salvificum: Matteo Ricci and the Holy Name of Jesus in China / James Clifton

Optics and Emblematics: Camera Obscura in Gulielmus Hesius's Emblemata Sacra from Manuscript (1624) to Print (1636) / Nicholas De Sutter

Jesuit Dreams Become Digital: Litterae Indipetae and Databases / Elisa Frei

Elie Trigault's Petit Discours, 1618-1620: A Jesuit Travelogue to China / Noël Golvers

From Image to Text: A Reading of the Spiritual Exercises, Jesuit Texts and Rubens's Upper Gallery Ceiling Paintings in the Jesuit Church at Antwerp / Barbara M. Fahy

Cornelius a Lapide, S.J. (1567-1637): Scholar of the Jesuit Rear Guard / Benedict Fischer

The Jesuits of Antwerp and the Engravers and Designers of Their Publications / Joep van Gennip

Cornelius Hazart, S.J. (1617-1690) and the Kerckelycke Historie / Johan Verberckmoes

Printing for the Jesuit College in Seventeenth-century Brussels / Tom Eerkens, Heleen Wyffels

Plants from the Philippines: The Origins of the Illustrated Manuscript of Georg Joseph Kamel, S.J. (1661-1706) / Sebestian Kroupa.

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ISBN:

9789042952003

9042952008

OCLC:

1443941593