Incominciano Le uite de pontefici et imperadori Romani
Title:
Incominciano Le uite de pontefici et imperadori Romani
Description:
The earliest documented printing by women is from the press at the Convent of San Jacopo de Ripoli in Tuscany. The nuns set type, sewed folios, and provided financial backing for the press. The collection includes two copies of this book. The first is trimmed and rubricated, with the rubrication likely done by the nuns. The second is untrimmed with copious marginalia. The manicule in the second copy points insistently to the entry for the mythic Pope Joan and proclaims “papa femina” (female pope). On close examination, both copies can be seen to have numerous manuscript additions to individual letters.
Creator:
Petrarch [pseud.]
Publisher:
Apud Sanctum Iacobum de Ripoli
Date:
1478
Coverage:
Florence
Display Date:
1478
Hover Text:
Convent of San Jacopo di Ripoli — typesetters, bookbinders and illuminators
Published Item:
P
Item Index:
2
Item Sort:
1200s to 1500s
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