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Anna Giulia Cavagna
Luigi Marchini, Storia della Biblioteca Berio. Con un saggio di Laura Malfatto, Genova, Società Ligure di Storia Patria, 2023
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Luigi Marchini’s *Storia della Biblioteca Berio*, published in 2023 by the Società Ligure di Storia Patria and including an essay by Laura Malfatto, i...

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Corinna Mezzetti
For an Updated Census of Incunabula in Emilia-Romagna: Initial Surveys and Quantitative Investigations
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This paper outlines the preliminary phases, methodological criteria, and investigations carried out to define an updated census of incunabula preserve...

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The paper, "For an Updated Census of Incunabula in Emilia-Romagna: Initial Surveys and Quantitative Investigations," outlines a highly significant and...

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Matilde Malaspina
Hernando Colón bibliophile and bibliographer. The «Adverte» notes in the <em>Libro de los epítomes</em>
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This article discusses a group of handwritten marginal notes of bibliographical content found in the fair copy of the Libro de los epítomes, one of th...

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This article offers a fascinating and meticulously detailed examination of the "Adverte" marginal notes found within Hernando Colón's *Libro de los ep...

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Ester Camilla Peric
Publishers’ catalogues gathered by Antoine-Augustin Renouard and the re-discovery of an Aldine Sammelband
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The article focuses on the collection of sixteenth-century publishers’ catalogues gathered by Antoine-Augustin Renouard (1765-1853) and, more specific...

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This article, "Publishers’ catalogues gathered by Antoine-Augustin Renouard and the re-discovery of an Aldine Sammelband," promises a highly focused a...

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Lucrezia Signorello
«Pel vantaggio della Republica letteraria». The Bibliographical Correspondence between Girolamo Tiraboschi and Carlo Carlini
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The essay focuses on the correspondence exchanged, from 1781 to 1788, between Girolamo Tiraboschi, librarian of the Duke of Modena, and Carlo Carlini,...

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This essay, titled «Pel vantaggio della Republica letteraria». The Bibliographical Correspondence between Girolamo Tiraboschi and Carlo Carlini, prese...

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Valentina Di Stefano
Sabina Magrini paleographist. The Contribution for the Study of the Medieval Jewish Cemetery of Bologna
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The discovery of the medieval Jewish cemetery of Bologna, which took place between 2012 and 2014 and was announced in 2017, represents a significant a...

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This paper presents a compelling account of the medieval Jewish cemetery of Bologna, an archaeological find of immense historical and cultural importa...

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Sara Brasca
To the Origins of the Biblioteca Palatina: the Incunabula Collection of Carlo Ludovico of Borbone
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This contribution aims to highlight several points of contact between the years Sabina Magrini spent at the Biblioteca Palatina in Parma (2012–2015) a...

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The submitted manuscript, "To the Origins of the Biblioteca Palatina: the Incunabula Collection of Carlo Ludovico of Borbone," promises a valuable con...

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Grazia Maria De Rubeis
Angelo Pezzana and the Birth of the Modern Librarian According to Sabina Magrini
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In remembering Sabina Magrini, her study of Angelo Pezzana stands out—a key figure in 19th-century librarianship, to whom she dedicated the conference...

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This article promises a compelling dive into the historical development of the library profession, using the lens of Angelo Pezzana's 19th-century car...

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Peter Rothenhöfer, Michael Bode, Norbert Hanel
Metallum Messallini – A New Roman Lead Ingot from the Danube Provinces
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A Roman lead ingot with the mould mark metallo Messallini provides highly interesting insight into the economic side of power politics purs...

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This paper presents a fascinating and significant discovery: a Roman lead ingot bearing the unique mould mark 'metallo Messallini.' The authors have e...

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Tal Kan-Cipor-Meron, Sana Shilstein, Yosi Levi, Sariel Shalev
Type, Shape and Composition: The Middle Bronze Age II Daggers in Rishon le-Zion, Israel
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A rich assemblage of Middle Bronze Age II daggers from the Rishon le-Zion excavations in Israel was studied. These daggers were found to be...

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This paper presents a focused and valuable investigation into the Middle Bronze Age II daggers discovered at Rishon le-Zion, Israel. By analyzing a su...

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