HISTORY AND CATALOGUING OF ANCIENT BOOK

The seminar, considered as a core educational activity, intends to approach the early-printed book in both its materiality and catalographic aspects through a laboratory activity in which students will learn how to catalogue early-printed books.

The student will acquire an advanced level of knowledge of the history of early-printed books, both from a material and catalographic point of view. This knowledge will enable the student to achieve the following results: effective ability to fully study documentary and early-printed book sources, investigating them on several levels: in their material aspects, in their production process, in the contents, as well as the acquisition of the ability to procced to the early-printed book catalographic description, both off and online.

No particular prerequisites are required.

The seminar consists of a first part that will present in a multimedia way the history of the early-printed book, its material, catalog and bibliographical aspects, the history of the edition and of the copy, the international and Italian cataloguing standards and the existing online databases. The following lessons will be dedicated to the cataloguing of early-printed books (from incunabula to eighteenth-century books) following the ISBD / A standards. The last lesson will be entirely dedicated to an online cataloguing in OPAC SBN.

THESE TEXTS ARE ONLY A SUGGESTION FOR BASIC READING AND NOT SUBJECT TO ANY EXAM
- Lorenzo Baldacchini, Il libro antico, Roma, Carocci editore, 2001
- Edoardo Barbieri, Guida al libro antico. Conoscere e descrivere il libro tipografico, Milano, Mondadori Education, Le Monnier Universita', 2007

Attenders - The exam consists in cataloguing two early-printed books during the fourth and the fifth lesson.
The course, due its laboratory activity, does not accept non attenders.

frontal lesson and work by the students
Lessons will be held in Italian.

Italian

Due to the limited number of places in the BAUM Creative - Convenzione per la formazione con l'Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia Room (16 seats) students are asked to write to the teacher to register for the course at least two weeks in advance.

Reception hours: Monday 2pm-4pm in the Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà (but students are asked to check the "avvisi" section on the tutor's webpage to see whether the reception hour has not changed).

Ca’ Foscari abides by Italian Law (Law 17/1999; Law 170/2010) regarding support services and accommodation available to students with disabilities. This includes students with mobility, visual, hearing and other disabilities (Law 17/1999), and specific learning impairments (Law 170/2010). If you have a disability or impairment that requires accommodations (i.e., alternate testing, readers, note takers or interpreters) please contact the Disability and Accessibility Offices in Student Services: disabilita@unive.it.

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