Sessions I
26 September 2018
9.30-10.30 Plenary 1 (Roling) room 104
11.00-12.30
Section 1 room 309
Organising libraries I
Chair: Raija Sarasti-Wilenius (University of Helsinki)
Johann Ramminger, Thesaurus Linguae Latinae, Vienna/Munich, In Praise of Libraries. The semantics of book-collections
Annet den Haan, University of Aarhus, The Vatican as the new Alexandria. Ancient models for Renaissance libraries in fifteenth-century Italy
Peter Gillgren, University of Stockholm, The original design of the Skokloster library (c. 1665)
Section 2 room 312
Reconstructing libraries I
Chair: Jakub Kujawinski (University of Helsinki/MedPub/University of Jyväskylä/Lamemoli/University of Poznan)
Maddalena Signorini, University of Rome Tor Vergata, An unconventional Humanism. Giovanni Boccaccio’s library
Simone Allegria, University of Siena, La biblioteca francescana del convento di Santa Croce a Firenze
Section 3 room 313
Organising books I
Chair: Miika Kuha (University of Jyväskylä/Lamemoli)
Aino Liira, University of Turku, Features of organisation and layout in the indices to the Middle English Polychronicon
Adrián Ares Legaspi, University of Seville, Organising the information in Renaissance manuscripts in the Castilian Kingdom. Material strategies in Santiago de Compostela’s books and libraries
Antonia Cerullo, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Liturgical music manuscripts in Montecassino during the Renaissance period. Abbot Squarcialupi’s commission
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14.00-15.30
Section 1 room 309
Organising libraries II
Chair: Samu Niskanen (University of Helsinki/MedPub/Jesus College, Oxford)
Marianne Pade, Danish Academy in Rome/University of Aarhus, Storage of books - storage of knowledge
Astrid M. H. Nilsson, Lund University, Royal Marginalia. King Eric XIV of Sweden as organiser of knowledge
Patrizia Carmassi, Herzog-August-Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel/DFG, “On the shoulders of the Humanists”. Accumulation of libraries: accumulation of knowledge?
Section 2 room 312
Reconstructing libraries II
Chair: Birgit Ebersperger (Bavarian Academy of Sciences)
Grigory Vorobyev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, The Greek Manuscripts of Demetrius Chalcondyles. Towards a Reconstruction of a Private Library
Giovanna Murano, Lamemoli, Nuove acquisizioni di libri appartenuti a Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Nadia Cannata, University of Rome La Sapienza, Linguistic Culture in Renaissance Rome. The Vatican Collections, Bembo and Colocci’s Libraries (1500-1545)