From June 22 to July 5, Christie's presents an online sale of rare books and manuscripts with more than 220 lots, covering a broad overview of the history of the book from the XNUMXth century to the present day.
From 29 June, at the address https://edl.beniculturali.it, the new "Estense Digital Library" platform is available to everyone, from which not only researchers and scholars, but also students and the simple curious can do research starting with keywords. It is an innovative digital library project created…
The term "incunabulum" derives from a Latin word which meant "bands", "cradle", but also "origin". Today, however, it always indicates a "birth", but a particular "birth": that of the press. Specifically, it indicates the first books to come out of the prototype printers' presses: from the Gutenberg Bible – printed in 1455 – to the copies printed up to and including 1500. In short, a…
Parchments, seals, notarial protocols, drawings, maps, plans, announcements, ancient books and curiosities. This and more in the walk through the papers proposed by the State Archives of Frosinone with the video published on the YouTube channel, where it is possible to admire that heritage of…
