@book{10745,
author = {Paula Findlen and J.G. Amato and Veronica S.R. Shi and Alexandria R. Tsagaris and Carlo Vecce},
title = {Leonardo's Library: The World of a Renaissance Reader},
year = {2019},
pages = {197 pp.},
publisher = {Stanford University Libraries},
address = {Stanford, CA},
isbn = {9780911221633},
note = {
Published in conjunction with the exhibition commemorating the five-hundredth anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, May 2-Oct. 13, 2019. Project manager for Stanford: Elizabeth Fischbach, exhibition designer.
- Foreword / Paolo Galluzzi
- Preface / John E. Mustain
- Acknowledgments / Paula Findlen
- Introduction. Leonardo's library: The world of a Renaissance reader / Paula Findlen
- Omo (quasi) sanza lettere: Leonardo's quest to teach himself classical Latin / Veronica S.-R. Shi
- The moral paradoxes of reading: how Leonardo grappled with difficult ideas / J.G. Amato
- Leonardo in the age of Gutenberg: between the manuscript codex and the printed book / Paula Findlen
- Reading the city, reading the body: the architectural education of Leonardo / Alexandria R. Tsagaris
- Inside nature's mind: Leonardo's scientific and medical books / Paula Findlen
- Epilogue : "Old friends": Leonardo's books (before the library) / Carlo Vecce
- Books & manuscripts in the exhibition
- Leonardo's list of books / Paula Findlen and Carlo Vecce
},
language = {English},
}