Seminar | The Circulation of Books in the Franciscan World: From Italy to Jerusalem across Orders and Cultural Networks
Library of the Conservatorio di Musica “G.B. Martini”, Bologna
The Circulation of Books in the Franciscan World is a study meeting dedicated to the history, practices, and transmission networks of Franciscan books and libraries between Italy and the Mediterranean, with particular attention to the Overseas dimension and its cultural and documentary impacts on local contexts.
The initiative takes place within the PNRR project “Between Italy and Jerusalem: retracing music and arts networks, enhancing education and promoting cultural heritage preservation.”
The Circulation of Books in the Franciscan World: From Italy to Jerusalem across Orders and Cultural Networks
Speakers
Luca Rivali (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan) – Franciscan books and libraries Overseas: notes from the collections of the Custody of the Holy Land in Jerusalem
Paolo Tinti (Università di Bologna; President, AIB Emilia–Romagna) – The Franciscans’ books in late sixteenth-century Bologna: Master Giammaria da Verucchio
Luciano Scarpaci (Conservatorio “G.B. Martini”, Bologna) – Musical manuscripts, printed music, and opera librettos: Franciscanism in the Conservatory Library’s collections
Michele Lodone (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia) – The friars’ books: debates and practices from Francis of Assisi to Luke Wadding
Mariarosa Pollastri (formerly Conservatorio “F. Venezze”, Rovigo) – The Musical Archive of San Francesco in Bologna: echoes and reflections
Giuseppe Lipari (formerly Università di Messina; President, Intervolumina ETS) – Book circulation among the Capuchins of Sicily
Dario Lo Cicero (Conservatorio di Musica “A. Scarlatti”, Palermo) – Sacred and secular music at the Franciscan Library of Palermo
Institutional greetings
Massimiliano Marzo (President of the Conservatory) – Aurelio Zarrelli (Director) – Donatella Pieri (JERUS-IT-ARTS Scientific Coordinator for the Conservatory)
In collaboration with: Comune di Bologna; Biblioteca dell’Archiginnasio; Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna; Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica.
