W dniach 6-8 listopada na Wydziale Polonistyki odbędą się cztery wykłady prof. dr hab. Outi Merisalo z Uniwersytetu w Jyväskylä (Finlandia), poświęcone średniowiecznym i renesansowym bibliotekom.
Pracownia Literatury Renesansu, Katedra Historii Literatury Staropolskiej oraz Wydział Polonistyki
Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego zapraszają na cykl wykładów prof. dr hab. Outi Merisalo (Uniwersytet w Jyväskylä, Finlandia):
 
1.) poniedziałek 6 XI  Gołębia 20, s. 22  godz. 9.45-11.15
Introduction into European Medieval and Renaissance libraries (with methodology). The library of St Victor of Paris
 
2.) poniedziałek 6 XI Gołębia 20, s. 22  godz. 11.30-13.00
Biblioteca Vaticana and Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence
 
3.) wtorek 7 XI Gołębia 20, s. 16  godz. 13.15-14.45
The library of Hartmann Schedel of Nuremberg
 
4.) środa 8 XI Gołębia 16, s. 42  godz. 9.45-11.15
Reconstructing the library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
 
Abstract:
The library of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), a scholar and thinker of almost mythical stature,  illustrates the opportunities of an exceptional intellectual with means to acquire all the works that he needed for his ambitious intellectual projects. This talk, based on the results of the Lamemoli project (Academy of Finland and University of Jyväskylä 2017-2022)  will analyse Pico's collection and follow its history through the extensive library of Cardinal Domenico Grimani who bequeathed his books to the monastery of S. Antonio di Castello in Venice for consultation by scholars. A fire caused by the explosion of the Venetian gunpowder deposit near the library wrought havock in the buildings of the monastery in 1687 and gave rise to the myth of the complete destruction of Grimani's (including Pico's)  library.   Information to the contrary started to emerge slowly in the first half of the 1900s. The surviving manuscripts, mainly scattered all over Europe, bear witness to Pico’s extensive interests and his relentless acquisition of new volumes, whether bought or copied at his orders, and always copiously annotated by him.