Travelling, Measuring and Drawing Ancient Rome

Mistakes, misinterpretations and misattributions in Antoine Desgodets’ Les edifices antiques de Rome (Paris 1682), a chained book from Merton’s Upper Library.

Speaker: Gian Piero Milani, Merton Archaeology Scholar.

There was a special guest appearance by the Merton copy of Les edifices antiques de Rome, unchained from its usual place in the Upper Library.

A History of the Book Group/Chalcenterics joint event.