An introduction to the incunabula collection of Biblioteca Diocesana in Aosta. With a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in Lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century edition

An introduction to the incunabula collection of Biblioteca Diocesana in Aosta. With a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in Lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century edition

Aosta’s Biblioteca Diocesana owns a collection of about 150 incunabula wich have been cataloged in the middle of the last century. The section has been recently reexamined and all the provenance informations are now available in Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database. The activity has made p...

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Main Author: Fabrizio Fossati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2020-06-01
Series:Bibliothecae.it
Subjects:
biblioteca diocesana di aosta
incunaboli
de consolatione philosophiae
guillaume le roy
johann besicken
Online Access:https://bibliothecae.unibo.it/article/view/11025
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spelling doaj-14364570c61541edb99b2424521041ad2020-11-25T03:02:24ZengUniversity of BolognaBibliothecae.it2280-79342283-93642020-06-01918211710.6092/issn.2283-9364/110259184An introduction to the incunabula collection of Biblioteca Diocesana in Aosta. With a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in Lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century editionFabrizio Fossati0CRELEB (Centro di Ricerca Libro Editoria Biblioteca)Aosta’s Biblioteca Diocesana owns a collection of about 150 incunabula wich have been cataloged in the middle of the last century. The section has been recently reexamined and all the provenance informations are now available in Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database. The activity has made possible to identify ancient owners of incunbula now in the library and helped the study about the circulation of book in Aosta Valley. The research also led to discovery a unknown sixteenth-century edition, which is here described and assigned to the typography of Johann Besicken. A bibliographical revision of the description of a fifteenth-century edition of De consolatione philosophiae printed in Lyons by Guillaume Le Roy is also given.https://bibliothecae.unibo.it/article/view/11025biblioteca diocesana di aostaincunabolide consolatione philosophiaeguillaume le royjohann besicken
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biblioteca diocesana di aosta
incunaboli
de consolatione philosophiae
guillaume le roy
johann besicken
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title An introduction to the incunabula collection of Biblioteca Diocesana in Aosta. With a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in Lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century edition
title_short An introduction to the incunabula collection of Biblioteca Diocesana in Aosta. With a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in Lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century edition
title_full An introduction to the incunabula collection of Biblioteca Diocesana in Aosta. With a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in Lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century edition
title_fullStr An introduction to the incunabula collection of Biblioteca Diocesana in Aosta. With a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in Lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century edition
title_full_unstemmed An introduction to the incunabula collection of Biblioteca Diocesana in Aosta. With a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in Lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century edition
title_sort introduction to the incunabula collection of biblioteca diocesana in aosta. with a revision of the description of a fifteenth century edition printed in lyon and the discovery of an unknown sixteenth century edition
publisher University of Bologna
series Bibliothecae.it
issn 2280-7934
2283-9364
publishDate 2020-06-01
description Aosta’s Biblioteca Diocesana owns a collection of about 150 incunabula wich have been cataloged in the middle of the last century. The section has been recently reexamined and all the provenance informations are now available in Material Evidence in Incunabula (MEI) database. The activity has made possible to identify ancient owners of incunbula now in the library and helped the study about the circulation of book in Aosta Valley. The research also led to discovery a unknown sixteenth-century edition, which is here described and assigned to the typography of Johann Besicken. A bibliographical revision of the description of a fifteenth-century edition of De consolatione philosophiae printed in Lyons by Guillaume Le Roy is also given.
topic biblioteca diocesana di aosta
incunaboli
de consolatione philosophiae
guillaume le roy
johann besicken
url https://bibliothecae.unibo.it/article/view/11025
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