Leonardo's Library: The World of a Renaissance Reader

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2019
Contributors Author: Paula Findlen
Author: J.G. Amato
Author: Veronica S.R. Shi
Author: Alexandria R. Tsagaris
Author: Carlo Vecce
Language
English
Number of Pages
197 pp.
Publisher
Stanford University Libraries
City
Stanford, CA
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Region
Europe
Library Type
Private/Personal Library
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Chronological Period
15th century
16th century
ISBN
9780911221633
Annotation

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