====== Aldus Manutius: The Struggle and the Dream ======



**8 January - 22 February 2015**, Proscholium, Bodleian Library (Broad St, Oxford OX1 3BG)



Curated by Oren Margolis



Aldus Manutius (c. 1450–1515) is a **towering figure** in the history of the book. He and his partners established the Aldine Press in Venice and his **legacy** includes the italic type, a number of first editions, and his trademark pocket-sized octavo volumes of classical Greek and Latin texts. This **display** to mark the 500th anniversary of his death tells the story of Aldus's remarkable career through books held in the **Bodleian**.

This display is the centrepiece of a series of Aldine events in Oxford this winter. It also benefits from the work of **student curatorial assistants** whose own **one-day display** will be shown in the Proscholium on 6 February 2015. 

On **6 February** (5.30pm-6.30pm), at the Convocation House in the Old Bodleian Library, **Oren Margolis** discusses the mysterious **//Hypnerotomachia Poliphili//**, the exquisitely illustrated Renaissance book published in Venice by Aldus Manutius. **Reception** following hosted by the Centre for the Study of the Book and the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies.

For **further information**: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/whats-on/online/aldus-manutius
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/whats-on/upcoming-events/2015/feb/printing-sculpture

**Free** admission. **Booking** is required for the lecture on 6 Febraury: http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/bodley/whats-on/booking?eid=180600&ename=Printing%2C+sculpture%2C+and+the+Hypnerotomachia+Poliphili&edate=6+February+2015&etime=17%3A30&evenue=Convocation+House%2C+Old+Bodleian+Library&emap=125270&referer=%2Fbodley%2Fwhats-on%2Fupcoming-events%2F2015%2Ffeb%2Fprinting-sculpture

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