Lupa

Show document Help

A- | A+ | Print
Title:Skrivnostni tiskar Tolomeo Ianiculo : tiskana knjiga iz 16. stoletja kot zgodovinski vir?
Authors:ID Presl, Igor (Author)
Files:URL http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-UN3OWZWX
 
Language:Slovenian
Work type:Not categorized
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:UPR - University of Primorska
Abstract:The author of the article combined findings published in other articles, archival sources and bibliographical analysis of several printed books by the Italian humanist man of letters and diplomat Giangiorgio Trissino in order to dispel the doubts about the identity of Trissino's printer Bartolomeo Zanetti who used the pseudonym Tolomeo Ianiculo to hide his real name when working with Trissino. Bibliographical analysis of material (non-textual) elements of some Trissino's books available nowadays revealed that they were printed in a manner corresponding to Zanetti's printing style. When printing Trissino's works in 1529, Zanetti worked as a travelling and occasional printer without his own movable type, printing press and the possibility of regular supply of paper. All these circumstances were "imprinted" on his books, which allows us to "read" them historically. The author of the article was also interested in the reasons why Zanetti decided to reject the fame he could have shared with Trissino. At that time, printers were usually proud of their work as printing required the mastery of a more advanced technique than manuscript binding. In addition, printed items reached the masses, thus increasing printers' fame and giving them the possibility of transcending their mortality, which was an important goal of a Renaissance man. The reasons for using a pseudonym were much deeper than in the case of Palladio - the pseudonym that Trissino assigned to the promising contractor Andrea di Pietro. They sprang from an environment imbued with espionage and conspiracy, with both characterizing Trissino and Zanetti's lives and work during an intense period marked by war and political intrigues. Only when reading "between the lines", one can put together a feasible and meaningful mosaic out of seemingly unconnected and arbitrary fragments of empirical "facts". What the two protagonists had in common was the knowledge of Greek and acquaintanceship with Greek scholars and medical circles, interest in calligraphy and printing, as well as in all activities necessary for intelligence and other secret services. The real identity of Trissino's printer can be inferred with great certainty from the book on poisons and antidotes that features Trissino's signet and Zanetti's real name. Having been created in the information centre of anti-Venetian alliances during a huge scandal (I segretari del 1542) whose main agent - the French Ambassador Guillaume Pellicier - had financed its publication, the book also confirms the suspicion that they were both involved in the intelligence service. Therefore it can be concluded that by using Trissino's signet Zanetti wanted to protect himself as Venice had already forgiven the courteous man of letters and diplomat his pro-Habsburg sympathies
Keywords:analitična bibliografija, Benetke, vodni znaki, tiskarji, vohunstvo, diplomacija, 16.stol., pisarji
Publisher:Centro di ricerche scientifiche della Repubblica di Slovenia
Year of publishing:2008
Number of pages:str. 49-66
Numbering:Letn. 18, št. 1
PID:20.500.12556/RUP-5035 This link opens in a new window
ISSN:1408-5348
UDC:014.5:930.2(450)"15"
COBISS.SI-ID:1477587 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUP:10.07.2015
Views:6175
Downloads:27
Metadata:XML RDF-CHPDL DC-XML DC-RDF
:
Copy citation
  
Average score:(0 votes)
Your score:Voting is allowed only for logged in users.
Share:Bookmark and Share


Hover the mouse pointer over a document title to show the abstract or click on the title to get all document metadata.

Secondary language

Language:English
Title:Silent printer Tolomeo Ianiculo. Book printed in the 16th century as a historical source?
Keywords:analytical bibliography, Venice, watermarks, printers, intelligence, diplomacy, 16th century, scribes


Comments

Leave comment

You must log in to leave a comment.

Comments (0)
0 - 0 / 0
 
There are no comments!

Back
Logos of partners University of Maribor University of Ljubljana University of Primorska University of Nova Gorica