Greeks, Books and Libraries in Renaissance Venice / / ed. by Rosa Maria Piccione.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Braides, Orsola,; Carpinato, Caterina,; Ciccolella, Federica,; Elia, Erika,; Giacomelli, Ciro,; Martínez Manzano, Teresa,; Mazzon, Ottavia,; Montalto, Riccardo,; Papadaki, Irene,; Piccione, Rosa Maria,; Sciarra, Elisabetta,; Zampakolas, Christos,
• HerausgeberIn: Piccione, Rosa Maria,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Transmissions : Studies on conditions, processes and dynamics of textual transmission , 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (X, 401 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Editor’s Preface -- Contents -- Greek Books in Renaissance Venice: Methodological Approaches and Research Perspectives -- 1. Greeks and Greek Books in Renaissance Venice -- 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