Incunables at the Biblioteca Civica ‘A. Mai’. From the Origins of the Collection to Bergamo Brescia Capitale della cultura 2023

Abstract

Cataloguing ancient book collections in a library paying attention to the material evidences of each copy means a better knowledge of both the old provenances and the history of the institution. It also makes a wealth of valuable information accessible to scholars and a wider audience. The example of INC 4 128, a protagonist in a book exhibition held in Bergamo in 2023, shows how worth the MEI database cataloguing of Sixteenth-century printed books in the Biblioteca Civica «A. Mai» has been.

Keywords

• book exhibition
• mei database
• material evidence
• incunables
• bergamo