Travelling, Measuring and Drawing Ancient Rome

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Wednesday 05 February 2020

Time: 17:00

Location: TS Eliot Theatre, Merton College

History of the book
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.