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Greeks, Books and Libraries in Renaissance Venice

Greeks, Books and Libraries in Renaissance Venice

Hardcover

Series: Transmissions, Book 1

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 3110575205
ISBN13: 9783110575200
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Nov 9 2020
Pages: 411
Weight: 1.88
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

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.

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