History of the Book 2017-2019

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)

Recent Episodes

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

    6 years ago
  • Scottish and British Authors Published Abroad 1470-1700

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

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

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

    7 years ago
  • Trade - Merchants' books of Venice and Florence

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

    7 years ago
  • Arabic - Scrolls into codices: Jilyani's picture-poems for Saladin

    7 years ago
  • Numismatics - Coins, Money and Prices in Renaissance Italy

    7 years ago
  • Law: Printing the Corpus iuris civilis in the Sixteenth Century

    8 years ago