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Scribal Culture in Italy, 1450-1650
By Karen | 14 November 2009
Scribal Culture in Italy, 1450-1650 (workshop 6):
The Cataloguing of (Political) Manuscripts
20 November 2009 – 2pm-5pm
British Library, London
Details of the sixth and final workshop in the AHRC-funded series, planned to shed light on the still under-researched topic of scribal culture in Italy, are given below. These workshops are open to all and participation is welcomed by all those interested in early modern Italy and in the history of the book in early modern Europe, and by librarians, curators and palaeographers. There are a small number of postgraduate bursaries to cover all or part of the cost of attendance. There is no charge for attendance but space is limited. To reserve a place or for more information, please contact Filippo de Vivo or Brian Richardson.
For abstracts of the papers and further information on the project, see http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hca/about/conferences/scribalculture/workshopseries
Workshop details
What does manuscript cataloguing entail and why is it important? What are the challenges facing the themed cataloguing of manuscripts in particular collections? What are the benefits of themed cataloguing to scholarship? How can a catalogue account for subject-matter, author, scribe, and collector? What are the British Library’s holdings and how can they best be catalogued? Building on recent interest in manuscript as a means of communication in early modern France, Great Britain and Spain, this workshop is the last in a series events that have been planned to shed light on the still under-researched topic of scribal culture in Italy. We welcome participation by all those interested in cultural and political history in the history of the book, by historians, art historians, curators, archivists and palaeographers.
To gain access please go to the Information Desk in the British Library Front Hall, from where you will be escorted to the Panizzi Room
Programme
14.00 British Library, Panizzi Room – Introduction – Chair: Professor Robert Black (Leeds)
14.05 Giliola Barbero (Università Cattolica, Milan): Shared cataloguing as an aid to the study of early modern manuscripts
14.35 Rachel Stockdale (British Library): Catalogue integration at the British Library
15.05 Dr Filippo de Vivo (Birkbeck College, London): Why catalogue political manuscripts
15.35 Laura Nuvoloni (Cambridge University Library): The Italian political manuscripts at the British Library; presentation of sample manuscripts
16.00 Discussion
Abstracts of papers are available at:
http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hca/about/conferences/scribalculture/pastworkshops/cataloguing
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