Facing the responsibility of Paulus Manutius

92 Pages·1995·3.1 MB·English

by  Lowry, Martin

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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LIBRARY
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The Contract
Facing the
Responsibility of
Paulus Manutius
by
MARTIN LOWRY
Department ofSpecial Collections
University Research Library
University ofCalifornia
LosAngeles
1995
Copyright© March 1995
by theRegents ofthe University ofCaUfomia
ISSN 1041-1143
Thispublication isproducedwith supportfrom
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The BemadineJ. L. ZelenkaEndowment
CONTENTS
The Problem 1
New Evidence. The Ahmanson-Murphy Document 6
The Forces behind the Contract 17
The Editorial Strategy ofthe Counter-Reformation 35
Failure ofFunds: Failure ofNerve? 52
Conclusion 71
Appendix; Transcription ofthe Contract 78
ABBREVIATIONS
Aldo Aldo Manuzio di Paolo Junior
Aldus Aldus Manutius Senior
CEBR ContemporariesofErasmus: aBiographicalRegister, 3 vols..
University ofToronto Press 1985-87
Eubel K. Eubel & G. Van Gulik, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et
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Nolhac P. de Nolhac, "Lettres inedites de Paul Manuce" in Ecole
FrangaisedeRome,MelangesdArchaelogieetd'Histoire,
vol. 3, 1883
Pastor L. von Pastor, History ofthe Popesfrom the Close ofthe
Middle Ages, new English edition, 40 vols., Liechtenstein
1968-69
PMEL Pauli ManutiiEpistolarumLibridecern, duobusnuperodditis,
Venice 1580
PMLV TreLibridiLettere VolgaridiM.PaoloManuzio,Venice 1556
PIEM E. Pastorello, LEpistolario Manuziano-inventario crono-
logico-analitico 1483-1597, Florence 1957
PIM E. Pastorello, ed., IneditaManutiana, Florence 1960
RAIA A.-A. Renouard,Annales de I'Imprimerie desAides, 3rd edn.,
Paris 1834
RLMI A.-A. Renouard, ed., LettereManutiane inedite, copiate sugli
autograft nella BibliotecaAmbrosiana, Paris 1834
UCLA A Catalogue ofthe Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine Collection at
UCLA, Los Angeles 1989-1994
NOTE
The "scudo d'oro"wasagoldcrownfirstissuedby Pope Clement
VII in 1532, and is described by A. Berman, Papal Coins, New
York 1991, p. 27, as "ofvery consistent weight and purity". Its
content of 3.36 gms ofgold made it equivalent to the Venetian
ducat and the Florentine florin.