Posts tagged with incunabula

  1. The Gerson incunabulum

    The University of Melbourne’s Rare Book Collection holds around 30 incunabula, or early printed books and these are all digitised. ‘Incunabula’ is a term given to …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2018/09/05/the-gerson-incunabulum

  2. A Medieval Beetle in the Rare Books Collection

    While much is known about the cultural depiction of beetles in the Classical period and during the Renaissance, much less is known about the cultural representation …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2016/05/16/a-medieval-beetle-in-the-rare-books-collection

  3. Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: Woodcuts in the Italian and French Editions

    First published by Aldus Manutius in 1499 and praised for its typographical design and early Renaissance woodcut illustrations, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili is one of the most …

    blogs.unimelb.edu.au/librarycollections/2014/01/20/hypnerotomachia-poliphili-woodcuts-in-the-italian-and-french-editions