Alessandra Panzanelli (University of Perugia) will speak on: 'An Unpublished Treatise of Librarianship in the Italian Renaissance: De Bibliothecis disponendis et informandis, by Prospero Podiani (Perugia ca. 1535 - 1615).'

Tuesday 14 February 2012
5:30 p.m.
Room 264
Senate House
Malet St.,
London WC1E 7HU

This treatise, written in Perugia in about 1570, is concerned with the method of arranging an encyclopaedic collection and, at the same time, arranging the knowledge contained in its books.

All are welcome.

Information concerning the Institute of English Studies may be found on its website, or email ies [at] sas.ac.uk.