Inventing the council inside the Apostolic Library: the organization of curial erudition in late cinquecento Rome
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...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2021]
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
/ Roman Curia
/ Learning
/ History 1587-1600
B Vatican Palace (Vatican Palace) / Interior design / Furnishing / History 1587-1600 |
| Further subjects: | B
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
B Christian art and symbolism (Vatican City) B Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana History B Rome (Italy) Church history B History |
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | XX, 543 Seiten, Illustrationen, 23 cm x 15.5 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-3-11-072063-1 |
