American Academy in Rome

AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME

7 East 60 Street New York New York 10022-1001 USA
Telephone 212 751 7200 Fax 212 751 7220
Via Angelo Masina 5 00153 Roma ITALIA
Telefono 39 06 58461 Fax 39 06 5810788

Tuesday, November 14, 2006
6pm Friends of the Library LECTURE
Villa Aurelia
L.go di Porta di S. Pancrazio, 1

William J. Sheehan
The Effects of Printing in Fifteenth-Century Rome

The invention of printing changed the cultural landscape of Europe. Nowhere was this more evident than in Rome. William J. Sheehan, C.S.B. (Director, Department of Printed Books, Vatican Library) will examine the effects of printing on learning, libraries, and the papacy and will show how it helped and accelerated the Renaissance and the Reformation. In English with an Italian summary.

For further information: Contact the Programs Office (tel. +39-06-5846459)
American Academy in Rome
Via Angelo Masina 5
00153 Rome, Italy.

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