Date/Time
Date(s) - 22 Mar 2017
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
Room 627
Category(ies) No Categories
Next Wednesday, March 22nd, at 6:00pm in Room 627 of the Kislak Center, Material Texts stalwart Natale Vacalebre (UPenn, Italian Studies) will be presenting his new book, Like Arms and Armors: Jesuit Books and Libraries in Early Modernity.
About the book, Natale writes:
Through the analysis of unpublished archival materials and ample international documentation, this volume retraces the history of the libraries of the Society of Jesus. Whereas many previous studies primarily focused on analyzing the library patrimony of Eighteenth century Jesuits, the present work concerns the history of the order’s collections during the two centuries prior to the papal suppression of 1773. As an exemplum, Perugia’s unique library history is extensively presented and treated, while being oriented within the larger theme of Jesuit cultural history.
More information here: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/italians/event/2017/03/arms-and-armors-jesuit-books-and-libraries-early-modernity