Greeks, Books and Libraries in Renaissance Venice

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New Series What does writing Greek books mean at the height of the Cinquecento in Venice? The present volume provides fascinating insights into Greek-language book production at a time when printed books were already at a rather advanced stage of development with regards to requests, purchases and exchanges of books; copying and borrowing practices; relations among intellectuals and with institutions, and much more. Based on the investigation into selected institutional and private libraries – in particular the book collection of Gabriel Severos, guide of the Greek Confraternity in Venice – the authors present new pertinent evidence from Renaissance books and documents, discuss methodological questions, and propose innovative research perspectives for a sociocultural approach to book histories. Editor’s Preface Contents Greek Books in Renaissance Venice: Methodological Approaches and Research Perspectives 1. Greeks and Greek Books in Renaissance Venice 1. Greeks and Greek Books in Renaissance Venice A Rediscovered Library. Gabriel Severos and His Books Anonymous Collaborators of Nikolaos Choniates’ atelier in Manuscripts from Achilles Statius’ Library Manolis Glyzounis, Greek Publisher and Copyist in Venice in the Second Half of the Sixteenth Century Maximos Margounios and Anacreontic Poetry: An Introductory Study 2. Western Intellectuals, Books, and Book Collections Towards the Reconstruction of a Little-Known Renaissance Library: The Greek Incunabula and Printed Editions of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza The Greek Library of Guillaume Pellicier: The Role of the Scribe Ioannes Katelos Greek Manuscripts in Padua: Some New Evidence A Book Journey. About an Henri II Estienne’s Greek Manuscript in Turin 3. Libraries in Archives Knocking on Heaven’s Door. The Loan Registers of the Libreria di San Marco Reconstructing a Library: Case Studies from the Archivio dei possessori of the Marciana National Library in Venice Archival Research on Private Libraries in Renaissance Venice: Considerations, Elements, Perspectives Sigla and Abbreviations Bibliography Sitography Index of archival and library sources Index of proper names Index of tables and figures