History of the Book 2017-2019

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An international and interdisciplinary series which explores the interaction between the history of the book and other areas of research. Oxford, Weston Library, Visiting Scholars' Centre (VSC) - Hilary Term, Fridays 2.15. Convenor: Cristina Dondi (Lincoln College and 15cBOOKTRADE)

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    • Mar 8, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    15cHEBRAICA: Capturing the former owners of Hebrew incunabula and their annotations in the Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2019 40:55


    Marco Bertagna gives a talk for the History of the Book seminar series on 1st March 2019.

    Scottish and British Authors Published Abroad 1470-1700

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019 34:38


    Jane Stevenson, Senior research Fellow, Campion Hall, Oxford, gives a talk fo the History of the Book seminar series on 1st February 2019.

    Bumble-Bee Witches and the Reading of Dreams: Spectacular and Speculative Marginalia in a Renaissance Reader’s Montaigne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2019 48:52


    Earle Havens (Johns Hopkins), gives the first talk in the new term for the Centre for the Study of the Book on Friday 18th January 2019.

    Digital Typography - Did you mean incurable? Searching and Finding Incunabula in the World Wide Web

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 78:20


    Dr Falk Eisermann (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, Staatsbibliothek, Berlin), gives a talk for the History of the Book Seminar series on 9th March 2018.

    History of Art - The De Spira Brothers vrs. Nicolaus Jenson, 1469-1472: A Rivalry Traced through Hand-illuminated Copies of their Editions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 53:29


    Professor Lilian Armstrong (Wellesley College) gives a talk for the History of the Book seminar series on 2nd March 2018.

    Trade - Merchants' books of Venice and Florence

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2018 37:50


    Dr Irene Ceccherini (Lyell-Bodleian Research Fellow in Manuscript Studies, Bodleian Library, Dilts Research Fellow in Palaeography, Lincoln College, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the Seminar in the History of the Book on 9th February 2017.

    Early Modern Publishing Policies - Andreas Frisius of Amsterdam and the search for a niche market, 1664-75

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2018 56:51


    Professor Ian Maclean (All Souls College), gives the third seminar in the History of the Book series, looking at the early modern period publishing policies in Europe on February 2nd, 2018.

    Arabic - Scrolls into codices: Jilyani's picture-poems for Saladin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2018 27:47


    Professor Julia Bray (Laudian Professor of Arabic, University of Oxford) gives a talk for the new series for the Centre for the Study of the Book.

    Numismatics - Coins, Money and Prices in Renaissance Italy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2018 52:33


    Dr Alan Stahl (Curator of Numismatics, Princeton University) gives a talk in the new Centre for the Study of the Book Seminar series.

    Law: Printing the Corpus iuris civilis in the Sixteenth Century

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2017 52:37


    Professor Rodolfo Savelli, Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università di Genova, gives a talk for the 15th Century Booktrade series on 10th March 2017.

    Theology: The Gutenberg Bible in the Context of Fifteenth-Century Manuscript Bibles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2017 55:37


    Dr Paul Needham, Scheide Library, Princeton University Library gives a talk for the 15th Century Booktrade series on 3rd March 2017.

    Manuscript Studies: Greek Script and Type in the Fifteenth century. Demetrius Damilas between Milan and Florence

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 38:28


    Nigel Wilson, fellow of Lincoln College, reads a lecture written by Dr David Speranzi, Firenze, Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento. Dr Speranzi was unable to attend the recording of this lecture so Nigel Wilson read in his absence.

    Economics: The Price of Books in Early Modern Europe: An Economic Perspective

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2017 57:03


    Dr Jeremiah Dittmar, Department of Economics, London School of Economics, gives a talk on 10th February 2017.

    Classics: Incunabular Stemmatics,

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2017 64:50


    Professor Stephen Oakley, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge University, gives a talk for the 15th Century Booktrade series on 3rd February 2017.

    The Italian Trade with the Frankfurt Book Fair around 1600

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2017 106:07


    The History of the Book and Cultural History with Professor Ian Maclean, All Souls College, Oxford on 20th January 2017.

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