FABS Handpress Era: John Peckham’s Perspectiva Communis + Open Mic for 16th Century
October 14 @ 7:30 pm EDT
Sponsored by FABS
David DiLaura will speak on “John Peckham’s Perspectiva Communis: An example of the transition from manuscript to the handpress.”
In the half-century after the appearance of moveable type printing in the Latin West, many important, widely used texts on natural philosophy appeared in print. Written in about 1270, Peckham’s Perspectiva Communis was the most widely used optics text in medieval Europe. First printed at Milan in 1482, its rich manuscript tradition and early printed editions show the nature of this transition and the challenges it presented, particularly regarding figures and diagrams.
After Q&A we will have OPEN MIC for 16th century books. Show us yours!
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