Inventing the Council inside the Apostolic Library. The Organization of Curial Erudition in Late Cinquecento Rome.

Malesevic, Filip:

ISBN 10: 3110720639 / ISBN 13: 9783110720631

Published by Berlin, Walter de Gruyter,, 2021

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XX, 543 S.; mit 196 überw. farb. Abb. Auf dem Fußschnitt als "Mängelexemplar" gekennzeichnet, sonst neuwertiges Ex. // The book provides a detailed study of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and its interior decoration which today still remains inaccessible to the ordinary visit. Placing the history of the Vatican Library in the larger context of how erudition was administered and organized within the Early Modern Roman Curia, the book will also take into consideration how the Vaticana was used in contrast to other newly founded libraries. ISBN: 9783110720631 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 960.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inventing the Council inside the Apostolic Library. The Organization of Curial Erudition in Late Cinquecento Rome.
• Publisher: Berlin, Walter de Gruyter,
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110720639
• ISBN 13: 9783110720631
• Binding: Gr.-8°, Ppbd.
• Weight: 960 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

The book provides a detailed study of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana and its interior decoration which today still remains inaccessible to the ordinary visit. Placing the history of the Vatican Library in the larger context of how erudition was administered and organized within the Early Modern Roman Curia, the book will also take into consideration how the Vaticana was used in contrast to other newly founded libraries.

About the Author

Filip Malesevic, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland.