Project Launch // Paul Petau: The first illustrated catalog of a private collection of antiquities

Launch of the research project: “I desire nothing but ancient things” - Paul Petau (1568-1614): ancient culture, national identity and religious devotion. The first printed illustrated catalog of a private collection of antiquities - A comprehensive digital study. Funded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung.
PROGRAM:
Greetings and Introduction
Cristina Ruggero, ZI, Munich/Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
Maria Effinger, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
Cristina Ruggero, ZI, Munich/Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin // Paul Petau’s Illustrated Catalogs of Antiquities: a Missing Link in the History of Collecting | Elena Vaiani, ZI, Munich // National history, private museum: Petau’s collection of coins and manuscripts
Rosa Maria Rodriguez Porto, University of Santiago de Compostela/ University of Southern Denmark // A Curious Item in Paul Petau's Library: De rebus Hispaniae (Copenhaguen, KB, Thott 554 fol.)