Res aut res publica: The Evidence from Italian Renaissance Manuscripts and Their Owners
This paper examines a key tension in Renaissance culture as reflected in the origin and provenance of manuscript books. Were Renaissance manuscripts the private property of individual owners or the common wealth of a lettered public? Even an officially public library could not escape that tension, w...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2012]
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Religions
Year: 2012, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 210-227 |
Further subjects: | B
Renaissance
B Private Property B common wealth B Libraries B Humanism B Manuscripts |
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