The History of the Book and Cultural History, History of Art, Classics, Economics, Manuscript studies, Theology, and Law
Oxford, Weston Library, Visiting Scholars’ Centre (VSC) – Hilary Term, Fridays 2.15
Convenor: Cristina Dondi (Lincoln College and 15cBOOKTRADE)
PODCASTS AVAILABLE HERE https://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/history-book-2017
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Cultural History (20 January): Prof. Ian Maclean, All Souls College, Oxford: The Italian Trade with the Frankfurt Book Fair around 1600
History of Art (27 January): Dr Louis-Gabriel Bonicoli, Paris: Parisian Early Printed Book Illustration (around 1500)
Classics (3 February): Prof. Stephen Oakley, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University: Incunabular Stemmatics
Economics (10 February): Dr Jeremiah Dittmar, Department of Economics, London School of Economics: The Price of Books in Early Modern Europe: An Economic Perspective
Manuscript Studies (24 February): Dr David Speranzi, Firenze, Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento: Greek Script and Type in the Fifteenth century. Demetrius Damilas between Milan and Florence
Theology (3 March): Dr Paul Needham, Scheide Library, Princeton University Library: The Gutenberg Bible in the Context of Fifteenth-Century Manuscript Bibles
Law (10 March): Prof. Rodolfo Savelli, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università di Genova: Printing the Corpus iuris civilis in the Sixteenth Century