Incunables at the University Library of Pavia and the Exihibition ‘All’alba della stampa’

Abstract

The paper briefly describes the book exhibition All’alba della stampa. Itinerari tra gli incunaboli della Biblioteca Universitaria di Pavia, set on display at the Salone Teresiano of the University Library of Pavia between March 4 and May 24, 2024. The aim of the event is to promote the Pavia University Library’s incunabula collection, of which the PRIN 2017 project - The Dawn of Italian Publishing. Technology, Texts and Books in Central and Northern Italy in the XVth and XVIth centuries helped to complete the identification of each material evidence within the Material Evidence in Incunabula database (MEI). Three itineraries are foreseen: the first is expressly dedicated to the first printing production in Pavia, followed by a selection of illuminated incunabula and finally a group of books printed in Bologna, chosen to pay homage to the partnership between the Alma Mater Studiorum and the Pavia University Library.

Keywords

• book exhibition
• mei database
• incunables
• pavia
• federico ageno