Let me start a little philosophically:
What happens when we read? Is it a journey? And, what is travel? Is it moving from point A to point B? Is the goal the destination? Can only people travel? What about objects, … …
Question de vie ou de… mot: Book culture in 15th -16th century Italy
Although typography was born in Germany, it found fertile breeding grounds in the 15th-century Italy. Very quickly after the invention of printing, Italy became the most dominant producing power of the times due to multiple reasons. The political … …
XVI e siècle best… “sellers” d’une bibliothèque ideale
Homines libris, ab hominibus orbis. 📚
People were interested in the organisation of information even since Antiquity. Through centuries they have used all the available means and tools to create catalogues, indexes or encyclopedias containing “all” the human knowledge. For … …
For the world of words: the book…
ave you ever felt jealous for Johnny Depp’s profession as Rare book dealer in the Ninth Gate? Have you ever felt the same excitement as Sean Connery in front of a monastery library as in the Name of Rose… …