A rich cultural insight of Rome in the second half of the 18th century emerges from the edition of an autograph memoir on the journey from Florence to Southern Italy made by the librarian Angelo Maria Bandini (1780-1781). Lounges, coffees and chocolates, religious rites, curial relations and the reforming action by Pope Pious VI are the backdrop to the meticulous description of Rome as a 'diffused museum'. Bandini, librarian and scholar of the enlightenment century, visits and observes palaces, art galleries, cabinets and churches, paying particular attention to libraries, whose metaphorical sieve gives birth to remarkable pieces and precious curiosities.
University of Bologna, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-9786-6825
Book Title
Angelo Maria Bandini in viaggio a Roma (1780-1781)
Authors
Fiammetta Sabba
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
224
Publication Year
2019
Copyright Information
© 2019 Author(s)
Content License
Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-6453-963-8
ISBN Print
978-88-6453-962-1
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-6453-963-8
eISBN (xml)
978-88-9273-009-0
Series Title
Biblioteche & bibliotecari / Libraries & librarians
Series ISSN
2612-7709
Series E-ISSN
2704-5889