The library of Guillaume Pellicier (c.1490-1567), French bishop and ambassador to Venice, is a key resource for our understanding of the transmission of Greek culture in Europe. Its Greek manuscripts were copied for him during his stay in Venice (1539-42), then the political, cultural, and commercial bridge between East and West.
The final conference of the 4-year AHRC-funded project gathers members of the project and specialists in the discipline. Together, they will give a portrait of the fascinating bishop of Montpellier and they will use the results of the project to study in detail the contents of the library and the history of its formation. A first session will present recent research on the role of Pellicier as an ambassador and a bishop; the second and third sessions will present the contents of the library and the main results of our research; the last session will place the creation of the collection in a broader Venetian context.
Speakers include Guillaume Alonge, Luca Beltramini, Elisa Bianchi, Giacomo Cardinali, Morgane Cariou,Clément Desgrange, Richard Gartner, Ciro Giacomelli, Ottavia Mazzon, Thibault Miguet, Raphaële Mouren, Clément Pieyre, Rosa Maria Piccione,Dimitrios Skrekas, Pauline Van Thienem.
PROGRAMME:
Thursday 18 June
14:30
Welcome
Pellicier and his books in context
Chair: Elena Valeri (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Raphaële Mouren (British School at Rome/Warburg Institute/Centre Gabriel Naudé)
The Library of Guillaume Pellicier and the Pellicier project
Guillaume Alonge (Università degli studi di Torino/Centro Interdisciplinare Linceo Giovani)
Guillaume Pellicier à Venise et son entourage: espions, hérétiques, bibliophiles
Clément Desgrange (Centre d’études des mondes moderne et contemporain, Université Bordeaux-Montaigne)
L’ambassade à Venise de Guillaume Pellicier (1539-1542): diplomatie, espionnage et culture
Coffee break
Clément Pieyre (ENS de Lyon, Centre Jean Mabillon)
Guillaume Pellicier à Montpellier: jalons pour une étude biographique
Rosa Maria Piccione (Università degli Studi di Torino)
Una collezione europea da Venezia a Berlino: cosa raccontano i manoscritti?
Pauline Van Thienem (Institut national du patrimoine, Paris)
A European collection: from Venice to Berlin: what the archives tell us?
Friday 19 June
09:30
Inside Pellicier’s collection
Chair: Marilena Maniaci (Università di Cassino e del Lazio meridionale/ANVUR)
Dimitrios Skrekas (University of Crete)
The contents of the collection: insights on religious and liturgical texts
Ciro Giacomelli (Università degli studi di Padova)
Pellicier e i filosofi greci: riflessioni quantitative e filologiche
Thibault Miguet (Université Paris-Est Créteil)
Les manuscrits médicaux grecs de Guillaume Pellicier
Coffee break
Luca Beltramini (Warburg Institute, London)
Classical Texts in the Collection: Between Canon and Exegesis
Elisa Bianchi (Warburg Institute, London)
Actors, Roles, and Antigraphs: Scribal Collaboration and Copying Practices
Richard Gartner (Warburg Institute, London)
How to visualise the library and make it available
Lunch
14:15
16th century Greek libraries and collections
Chair: Daniele Bianconi (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Ottavia Mazzon (Università degli studi di Padova)
Loans from the Library of St Mark and circulation of Greek texts from Venice to Europe
Morgane Cariou (Sorbonne Université-IUF)
Les manuscrits acquis par Guillaume Pellicier pour le roi de France
Giacomo Cardinali (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana)
Ateliers di copisti di manoscritti greci a Venezia nel 16 secolo
Concluding remarks
The event is hybrid. To attend in person, we look forward to welcoming you at the British School at Rome, Via Gramsci 61, Rome. To attend online, please register here or via the link above.
