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This book was published in Venice, | This book was published in Venice in 1488 during a period characterized by political and territorial expansion for the Republic of Venice. By the late 15th century, Venice had established itself as a major maritime power with vast territories on both the Italian mainland and across the eastern Mediterranean. Under the rule of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo, Venice was consolidating its control of the Terraferma. This consolidation was driven by the necessity to secure trade routes and counteract the territorial ambitions of regional powers like Milan and the Ottoman Empire. <ref name="Finlay">Finlay, Robert. Politics In Renaissance Venice. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1980.</ref> | ||
During this time, Venice was a bustling hub of commerce, renowned not only for its strategic trade advantages but also for its production of luxury goods, including textiles like silk and other high quality fabrics. <ref name="Mola"> Molà, Luca, and Luca Molà. The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.</ref> This period marked the emergence of Venice as a leading center for printing and intellectual activity. Intellectual life was flourishing in throughout the city. Venice soon came to dominate not only the Italian printing industry, but the entire European printing Industry for a period. <ref name="Richard">Richardson, Brian. Printing, Writers, and Readers In Renaissance Italy. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1999.</ref> | |||
The flourishing of Venetian printing helped disseminate Renaissance humanism and facilitated the exchange of knowledge across Europe, reflecting the city’s role in the cultural and intellectual current of the period.<ref name= "Richard"/> These books were not only texts but symbols of Venetian sophistication and the cosmopolitan nature of its society. | |||
===Incunables in the 15th Century=== | ===Incunables in the 15th Century=== | ||
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Hic Codex Avienii is an incunable published in Venice by Antonius de Strata of Cremona on October 25, 1488 (November 8, 1488 on Julian Calendar). This collection contains works by Avienus, including his adaptation of Aratus’s Phaenomena, alongside contributions from Germanicus Caesar, Cicero, and Serenus Sammonicus. This volume contains 122 unnumbered leaves, embellished with 38 woodcuts, some of which are reused from earlier works. The text, set in a chancery quarto format, features 38 lines per page. This volume is a part of the University of Pennsylvania’s Kislak Center for Special Collections, offering a window into Renaissance intellectual culture and early printing techniques.
Background
Historical Context
This book was published in Venice in 1488 during a period characterized by political and territorial expansion for the Republic of Venice. By the late 15th century, Venice had established itself as a major maritime power with vast territories on both the Italian mainland and across the eastern Mediterranean. Under the rule of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo, Venice was consolidating its control of the Terraferma. This consolidation was driven by the necessity to secure trade routes and counteract the territorial ambitions of regional powers like Milan and the Ottoman Empire. [1]
During this time, Venice was a bustling hub of commerce, renowned not only for its strategic trade advantages but also for its production of luxury goods, including textiles like silk and other high quality fabrics. [2] This period marked the emergence of Venice as a leading center for printing and intellectual activity. Intellectual life was flourishing in throughout the city. Venice soon came to dominate not only the Italian printing industry, but the entire European printing Industry for a period. [3]
The flourishing of Venetian printing helped disseminate Renaissance humanism and facilitated the exchange of knowledge across Europe, reflecting the city’s role in the cultural and intellectual current of the period.[3] These books were not only texts but symbols of Venetian sophistication and the cosmopolitan nature of its society.
Incunables in the 15th Century
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Substrate and Platform
Binding
Marginalia
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Significance
Bibliography
Notes
- ↑ Finlay, Robert. Politics In Renaissance Venice. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1980.
- ↑ Molà, Luca, and Luca Molà. The Silk Industry of Renaissance Venice, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richardson, Brian. Printing, Writers, and Readers In Renaissance Italy. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1999.