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Take a look inside the exhibition READING THE RENA Take a look inside the exhibition READING THE RENAISSANCE: WESTERN BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE 10th to the 17th CENTURY, on view until 11 October at the Shanghai Library East.

This landmark exhibition represents a highly coordinated international collaboration. It is organized jointly by the Medici Center Shanghai (MeCS) and Yunmiao Culture, in institutional partnership with the Medici Archive Project (MAP) and Zaiyi. The initiative also operates under the institutional patronage of the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai.

Co-curated by Dr. Alessio Assonitis, Director of the Medici Archive Project, and Professor Fan Jingzhong, the exhibition constitutes a unprecedented milestone in Chinese curatorial and book history. The display synthesizes eight centuries of Western intellectual development through a rigorous selection of 119 rare items, including medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, incunabula, and early printed texts.

The exhibition catalogue was co-authored by MAP Fellow Davide Baldi Bellini and MeCS Fellow Liu Baoyun, both of whom served as assistant curators for the exhibition. Operational synergy and logistical diplomacy between the scholarly hubs of Florence and Shanghai were coordinated by Henry Fong.

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It's your last chance to apply for a series of upc It's your last chance to apply for a series of upcoming conferences and workshops at MAP, as well as our annual fellowships!

Due 10 July:
Submissions for the workshop "Marking Completion: The Status and Circulation of Drawings from the 15th Century to Today" (22-23 September 2026, Florence)

Due 15 July:
Submissions for the workshop "The Networks and Legacies of Ottaviano de’ Medici" (6 November 2026)
Submissions for the workshop "Tuscany and the Iberian Empires. Migration and Knowledge Transmission in the Early Modern Period" (30 October 2026)
Submissions for RSA Panel "The 'Last Florentine Republic' at 500" (Philadelphia, 11-13 March 2027)
Applications for 2026-27 Fellowships

Due 21 September: 
Submissions for the conference "'Sacred Conversations': The Exchange of Objects between Monastic and Secular Courts in Early Modern Central and Eastern Europe" (7–8 May 2027, Abbey of Ottobeuren, Bavaria, Germany)

Click the link in our bio for further details on each of these events.

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The exhibition READING THE RENAISSANCE: WESTERN BO The exhibition READING THE RENAISSANCE: WESTERN BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE 10th to the 17th CENTURY formally opened at the Shanghai Library East, scheduled for public viewing from June 27 through October 11, 2026. This landmark exhibition represents a highly coordinated international collaboration. It is organized jointly by the Medici Center Shanghai (MeCS) and Yunmiao Culture, in institutional partnership with the Medici Archive Project (MAP) and Zaiyi. The initiative also operates under the institutional patronage of the Italian Cultural Institute in Shanghai.

Co-curated by Dr. Alessio Assonitis, Director of the Medici Archive Project, and Professor Fan Jingzhong, the exhibition constitutes a unprecedented milestone in Chinese curatorial and book history. The display synthesizes eight centuries of Western intellectual development through a rigorous selection of 119 rare items, including medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, incunabula, and early printed texts.

The exhibition catalogue was co-authored by MAP Fellow Davide Baldi Bellini and MeCS Fellow Liu Baoyun, both of whom served as assistant curators for the exhibition. Operational synergy and logistical diplomacy between the scholarly hubs of Florence and Shanghai were coordinated by Henry Fong.

#exhibit #exhibition #shanghai #globalrenaissance #illuminatedmanuscript
Cristofano Bronzini’s ON THE DIGNITY AND NOBILITY Cristofano Bronzini’s ON THE DIGNITY AND NOBILITY OF WOMEN is a dialogue, featuring six main characters. Their conversations take place at the Villa Medici in Rome over the course of 24 days. The manuscript begins with an introduction to these characters, included in the second slide (translated into English and shortened).

An excerpt from this section reads: “Sweet conversations began to flow among them…when Tolomei, a knight from Ferrara–—who, having revealed himself at that very moment to be a bitter enemy of those women, set about arguing against them in such a way that nearly the entire distinguished assembly seemed to begin taking considerable offense; thus, as they were engaging in such a lively discussion among themselves, Onorio, a courtier, a man of great learning … arrived with the greatest joy, as one knew very well that he had on other occasions taken up the cause in defense of women, and was invited to express his opinion.”

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