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To mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Aldus Manutius, the Department of Italian Studies and the John Rylands Library at the University of Manchester are pleased to announce an exhibition dedicated to showcasing the outstanding
collection of Aldines housed at the Rylands, including samples from the collection of one of the co-founders of Italian Studies in the UK, Prof. Walter Bullock.
‘ Merchants of Print: Venice to Manchester’
http://events.manchester.ac.uk/event/event:vlj-i2ygwu6y-ok4e9f/merchants-of-print-from-venice-to-manchester
Colleagues are invited to the exhibition launch on Tuesday 10 February at 5:30 pm which will be followed by a lecture by the curatorial team entitled 'Cotton Mills and Collectors: Manutius comes to Manchester'. Registration can be made
via the following link:
www.merchants-of-print.eventbrite.co.uk
For up-to-date information on the ‘Manutius in Manchester’ project see the following blog link:
http://manutiusinmanchester.wordpress.com
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Professor Stephen J. Milner, Serena Professor of Italian
|Department of Italian Studies |School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
|University of Manchester |Oxford Rd, Manchester |M13 9PL
|UK
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/research/Stephen.j.milner/research
http://manutiusinmanchester.wordpress.com
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