STC to ESTC, Past, Present, and Future: A Centenary Symposium

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On 2 March 2021, bookhistorians who are working the Material Evidence in Incunabula database (created by Cristina Dondi and hosted by CERL) gave presentations about their work.

Programme

  • Cristina Dondi (Lincoln College, Oxford and CERL): Introduction: Recording
  • Vera Andriopoulou, Kleopatra Kyrtata, Angeliki Papadopoulou (Curators of Special Collections, Historical Library, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, Greece): Incunabula treasure hunt: challenges and rewards of research in Greek libraries: Recording
  • Claire Bolton : Cataloguing Memmingen Incunabula – some highlights: Recording
  • John Goldfinch (formerly of the British Library, London): Bringing new insights to the British Library’s incunabula collection with MEI: Recording
  • Matilde Malaspina (University of Copenhagen): The Libro de los Epítomes and the Library of Hernando Colón: Recording
  • Fabio Uliana (Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria), Chiara Rosso and Alessandra Panzanelli (University of Turin): “… incepi facere construere librariam istam”. New findings from the incunabula of Turin: Recording
  • Cristina Dondi: Some remarks in conclusion and Q&A: Recording

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The British Library

  • Location: London - United Kingdom
  • Event date: November 16, 2026

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