This collective volume is the result of the work of a research seminar assembled in 2015, under the auspices of the Complutense University of Madrid (ucm), commemorating the fifth centenary of the death of the humanist and printer Aldus Manutius the Elder (c. 1450-1515). The overall objective of the text is to reexamine the impact of Manutius in Renaissance Spain by covering different areas and avoiding common places broadly accepted in the traditional historiography, such as the devotion, fame, and prestige around the paradigmatic yet idealized figure of Manutius the Elder.
Conference Review: SHARP 2022
Amsterdam’s background complemented the theme of the conference repeatedly, and history joined hands with the contemporary understanding of print culture. In my personal experience, the SHARP 2022 conference was a palimpsest of layers of research, history, and a wide range of enquiries; each layer separated by the keen interest and collaboration.
2020-2021 Bibliography: Dissertations and Theses
In addition to our annual bibliographies, SHARP News will now also publish an annual bibliography focused on dissertations and theses on books, authorship, reading, and publishing. The list is available for browsing and for download as a Zotero file and as PDF.
Welcome Back to SHARP in the Classroom!
Our new SHARP in the Classroom editor, Rebecca Baumann, shares this re-introduction to our pedagogy section and discusses our expectations for new submissions.
Mary Clapinson. A Brief History of the Bodleian Library (revised edition). Julia Walworth. Merton College Library.
Taken together, these two recent books provide a succinct – but very satisfying – description of two of the most famous libraries in the world. In both, the text is accompanied by many appropriate illustrations, virtually all of them in color. In what follows, I emphasize the earliest and most formative years of each institution.