The Warburg Institute Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Silent Teachers: Turkish Books and Oriental Learning in Early Modern Europe, 1544-1669
Nil Ö. Palabıyık
In this book launch and roundtable event, Dr Nil Ö. Palabıyık will discuss 'Silent Teachers: Turkish Books and Oriental Learning in Early Modern Europe, 1544–1669' Book your spot: https://t.co/DpgW84F4xI Wednesday 26 April, 5pm - 7:30pm | Free | 📍 Warburg Institute and online
Hardcover, 2023
$160.00$135.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century
Noam Andrews
Watch now: ‘The Polyhedrists’ by Noam Andrews If you missed our talk with Noam Andrews on his book which unfolds a history of the relationship between art and geometry in early modern Europe, then you can catch it here: https://t.co/6s670yHyxt
Paperback, 2022
$44.95$22.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Notebooks
Leonardo Da Vinci
Join us and @britishlibrary for 'Leonardo da Vinci’s Papers: Invention and Reconstruction', a two-day international conference showcasing the latest research on Leonardo’s notebooks and drawings. Find out more and book: https://t.co/jWlt2MlB4t https://t.co/vC6e1Vhvyc
Paperback, 2008
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Machiavelli: From Radical to Reactionary
Robert Black
Our latest Renaissance Lives recording is here! Listen to author of 'Machiavelli From Radical to Reactionary', Robert Black in conversation with Simon Ditchfield, and François Quiviger. https://t.co/JK5JEBRa0P @reaktionbooks #machiavelli
Hardcover, 2022
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints
Jacobus De Voragine
Today, on 2 February, the Church commemorates the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, commonly known as #Candlemas From our Iconographic Database, here is an illumination of the subject in a French translation of Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda Aurea, the Golden Legend. https://t.co/rJySoxpMnw
Paperback, 2012
$52.00$27.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Cicero: de Amicitia
Cicero
The Discontents of Friendship: Hieronymus Wolf Comments Cicero’s "De amicitia" The lecture will explore how early modern academic texts, including commentaries and dissertations, treated the topic of friendship. Book: https://t.co/cwtZe9bLk7 23 February, 5:30pm | Online
Paperback, 1998
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Italian Renaissance Maiolica
Elisa Sani
Now available to watch: Dr Elisa Sani (@TheCourtauld) on 'Dining with Hannibal? Italian Renaissance maiolica at the table, a new look at the collection of the Courtauld'. https://t.co/lFFmlxXMpA @AMaterial_World #ceramics #materialculture
Hardcover, 2012
$55.00$30.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
The Golden Legend
Jacobus (De Voragine)
Today, on 2 February, the Church commemorates the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, commonly known as #Candlemas From our Iconographic Database, here is an illumination of the subject in a French translation of Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda Aurea, the Golden Legend. https://t.co/rJySoxpMnw
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Golden Legend: Lives of the Saints
De Voragine Jacobus
Today, on 2 February, the Church commemorates the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple, commonly known as #Candlemas From our Iconographic Database, here is an illumination of the subject in a French translation of Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda Aurea, the Golden Legend. https://t.co/rJySoxpMnw
Hardcover, 2022
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Orlando Furioso
Ludovico Ariosto
In this new blog, Warburg Graduate Library Trainee, Simone Monti, tells us more about the use and importance of early printed book illustrations through exploring the publishing history of Vincenzo Valgrisi's edition of Ludovico Ariosto’s 'Orlando Furioso' https://t.co/ja7a5QMw8l
Paperback, 2008
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book