Greeks, Books and Libraries in Renaissance Venice

ISBN-13: 9783110575200 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 411 str.

Opis

Transmissions aims to constitute a space for documentation, theoretical and methodological reflection and critical discussion on the transmission of texts. The focus is on textual production in Greek and Latin, while remaining open to comparisons with the dynamics of transmission in the graphic and textual production of other cultures and languages. In doing so, the series leads towards a phenomenology and theory of the processes of transmission.

What does writing Greek books mean at the height of the Cinquecento in Venice? Based on the reconstruction and investigation of some private libraries of scholars and collectors, including Gavriil Seviros, guide of the Confraternita dei Greci in Venice, this volume proposes a reflection on methodological approaches and research prospects regarding the book production in Greek language at a time when printed books were already at a rather advanced stage of development.

O autorze

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