Medieval History
Helena Szépe of the University of South Florida is currently researching illustrations found in Venetian medieval and Renaissance documents. With the assistance of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Professor Szépe is now preparing a book entitled Privilege and Duty in the Serene Republic: Illuminated Manuscripts of Renaissance Venice.
?While researching my dissertation on the woodcut illustrations in a Venetian early printed book, I realized that the designers of the printed illustrations in that book continued to paint in manuscripts and even in printed books,? she said. ?I became fascinated with the ways in which the new technology of print evolved from, but also coexisted, with manuscript production; and how artists of the book were involved in, and shaped, both technologies of communication.?
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Medieval History
Privilege and Duty in the Serene Republic: Illuminated Manuscripts of Renaissance Venice
Helena Szépe of the University of South Florida is currently researching illustrations found in Venetian medieval and Renaissance documents. With the assistance of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), Professor Szépe is now preparing a book entitled Privilege and Duty in the Serene Republic: Illuminated Manuscripts of Renaissance Venice.
?While researching my dissertation on the woodcut illustrations in a Venetian early printed book, I realized that the designers of the printed illustrations in that book continued to paint in manuscripts and even in printed books,? she said. ?I became fascinated with the ways in which the new technology of print evolved from, but also coexisted, with manuscript production; and how artists of the book were involved in, and shaped, both technologies of communication.?
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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The architectural wonders of soaring cathedrals and majestic palaces are some of the greatest achievements of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. On view at the J. Paul Getty Museum, in Los Angeles, California, March 2?May 16, 2010, Building the Medieval...
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The University of Vermont Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives (CDI) is pleased to announce our newest digital collection, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. The manuscripts in UVM's Special Collections have been comprehensively digitized....
- Digitisation Of The Goussen Library
the Goussen library collection is a specialist library for oriental church history. It contains printed books in Western classical and modern languages, but predominantly printed books in oriental languages such as Syrian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Arabic, Armenian...
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