Italian Illustrated Editions and Provenance Research Projects

Research projects at Cambridge University Library focused on Italian illustrated editions, bibliophilia, book trade, and provenance information of incunabula. Work involved updating records, organizing provenance data, and collaborating on cultural web portal projects supported by Sapienza University.

• Italian Illustrated Editions
• Provenance Research
• Incunabula
• Cultural Web Portal
• Bibliophilia

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1. CERL Internship CERL Internship at at CUL (2018/2019) and my my new new research research projects illustrated illustrated editions editions, , bibliophilia bibliophilia and booktrade booktrade CUL (2018/2019) projects between between italian and antiquarian and italian antiquarian By Marianna Morreale m.morreale21@gmail.com

2. CERL Internship and Placement Grant at Cambridge University Library September and October 2019 Two months working for CERL with MEI (Material Evidence in Incunabula) at CUL s Rare Books Department Worked on italian incunabula: firstly incunabula printed in Milan (covered all Milan incunabula at CUL) and then incunabula from Bologna, Brescia, Pavia, Naples, Vicenza, Modena, Como, Torino

3. Main Main tasks tasks Working on MEI database along with Owners of incunabula by updating provenance information and copy section of each record Organizing and creating, when necessary, multiple provenance blocks (chronological and geographical), in order to restructure these data in the right order of provenance Edited approximately 230 MEI records and worked on ca. 50 owner records on Owners of incunabula, both created or uptdated

4. Example of provenance: inscriptions and manuscript notes Studui et finiui Ego Julianus Ghuzelmus pratensis utriusque Juris Doctor minimus in Castello Castilionis id est Aretinj Anno Salutis Mxdij. Die .ix. Augusti. Die Jouis. hora .xx. Deo Gratias Amen. Gloria ... laudamus regina ... Anno 1492 mense Augusti Amen Previously unidentified inscription from Giuliano Guizzelmi of Prato Inc.5.B.8.19[2023], leaf f5 verso https://data.cerl.org/mei/02132284 Italian jurist (1446-1518) Jacopo Corbinelli Inc.5.B.7.19[1913], leaf [a1] recto https://data.cerl.org/mei/005 59910 Italian humanit (1535-1590)

5. Engravings in early italian printed books: a bibliographic tool and a cultural web portal University research project financed by Sapienza University Head of the project is Maria Teresa Biagetti, professor at the Department of Literature and modern culture of Sapienza University, teaching Library and Information Science -

6. Italian illustrated editions Focus on engravings as illustrations of the texts First step of the project: detailed census of illustrated italian editions between 1501 and 1830 Final goal: creation of a web portal, freely accessible, containing bibliographic data in linked open data format with previously digitized images Technical descriptions of each engraving for every edition

7. Specialization degree in Archive and Library heritage (Scuola di Specializzazione in beni archivistici e library, Sapienza University) Specialization degree dissertation Bibliophilia, book collecting Antiquarian book trade Specific focus: ancient books and manuscripts in auction houses Interviews with Filippo Lotti, Managing Director of Sotheby s Italia and Fabio Massimo Bertolo, Managing Director of Finarte