The Significance of Paul II and his Library in the Dissemination of Flavio Biondo’s (1392-1463) Decades
Year of publication
2023
Authors
Puputti, Taneli
Abstract
This study assesses the role of Pope Paul II (r. 1464-1471) and his library in the circulation of Flavio Biondo’s historiographical work Historiarum ab inclinatione Romanorum imperii decades. The manuscript copies of the Decades, currently among the Vaticani Latini of Vatican City, BAV, will be analyzed and compared to the early catalogues of the BAV (1475-1484), as most of Paul II’s books belong to the oldest parts of the Vaticani Latini section of that library. Through a palaeographical and codicological analysis as well as library history, we shall attempt to establish how the Decades copies arrived at the BAV and what role Pope Paul II had in this process.
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University of Jyväskylä
Puputti Taneli 
Publication type
Publication format
Article
Parent publication type
Compilation
Article type
Other article
Audience
ScientificPeer-reviewed
Peer-ReviewedMINEDU's publication type classification code
A3 Book section, Chapters in research booksPublication channel information
Journal
Parent publication name
Publisher
Pages
257-264
ISSN
ISBN
Publication forum
Publication forum level
2
Open access
Open access in the publisher’s service
No
Self-archived
No
Other information
Fields of science
History and archaeology; Other humanities; Languages
Keywords
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Publication country
Belgium
Internationality of the publisher
International
Language
English
International co-publication
No
Co-publication with a company
No
DOI
10.1484/M.BIB-EB.5.134418
The publication is included in the Ministry of Education and Culture’s Publication data collection
Yes