Giovanni Pontano’s Library—a Meeting Place with the Auctores
2020; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 5; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1086/710283
ISSN2379-3171
Autores Tópico(s)Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
ResumoGiovanni Pontano’s library is viewed in this essay as the sum of the various libraries associated with him, either as an individual humanist or as the founder of the humanist circle the Accademia Pontaniana. The essay touches the Neapolitan Aragonese royal library, which played an important role during Pontano’s first years in Naples, and the library of the Convent of San Domenico, which he later frequented. Both served as a place for him to encounter the auctores, his main source of inspiration. It focuses on his private library, which not only allowed him to deepen his level of encounter with the auctores but also permitted him to expand his horizons in the area that interested him most, astrology. The essay also examines the library of the Roman humanist Angelo Colocci, viewing it as a reflection of the actual activity of the Accademia Pontaniana.
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