1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384517703316

Autore

Isocrates

Titolo

The Godly aduertisement or good counsell of the famous orator Isocrates, intitled Parænesis to Demonicus [[electronic resource] ] : wherto is annexed Cato in olde Englysh meter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Imprinted at London, : In fletestreate, at the signe of the Rose Garland, by William Coplande], Anno Do. M.D. LVII. Mense Decemb. [1557; i.e. 1558]

Descrizione fisica

[96] p

Altri autori (Persone)

BuryJohn <1535-1571.>

BurghBenedict

Soggetti

Conduct of life

Aphorisms and apothegms

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

In two parts, a translation by John Bury of Isocrates' "To Demonicus" and a translation by Benedict Burgh of the "Disticha de moribus", wrongly attributed to Marcus Porcius Cato; register is not continuous--STC.

Title from part 1. Part 1 dedication signed Iohn Bury.

Printer and publication date from part 2 colophon which concludes: "Finished the first day of Ianuary. Anno. M.D. LVIII".

Part 2 caption title reads: Here begynneth the boke of Cato both in Latyn and Englyshe.

Part 2 in verse.

Signatures: a-b A-D.

Part 2 formerly STC 4855 and STC 4856.

Part 2 identified as STC 4855 on UMI microfilm reel 190 and as STC 4856 on reel 313.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Appears at UMI microfilm reels 190 (Bodleian Library copy part 2 only), reel 313 (British Library copy part 2 only) and 468 (Bodleian Library copy).



Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910827260703321

Autore

Kaiser Wolfram

Titolo

Exhibiting Europe in museums : transnational networks, collections, narratives, and representations / / Wolfram Kaiser, Stefan Krankenhagen and Kerstin Poehls ; translated from German

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, ; Oxforrd : , : Berghahn Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78238-291-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 238 p.)

Collana

Museums and Collections ; ; Volume 6

Classificazione

32.08

Disciplina

069/.5094

Soggetti

Museum cooperation - Europe

Museums and community - Europe

Culture and globalization - Europe

Museum exhibits - Europe

Museum techniques - Europe

museum

cultural event

cultural policy

Europe Cultural policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction - Exhibiting Europe? Europeanisation as Cultural Practice; Chapter 1 - Musealising Europe: Compensation, Negotiation and the Conquest of the Future; Chapter 2 - Governing Europe: State Institutions and European Cultural and Museum Policy; Chapter 3 - Networking Europe: Societal Actors in the Europeanisation of the Museum Field; Chapter 4 - Collecting Europe: Strategies and Challenges in Transnational Collection Practice; Figures; Chapter 5 - Narrating Europe: The Story and Stories of European Integration



Chapter 6 - Crossing Europe: Migration and Mobility in Museal SpacesConclusion - Exhibiting Europe: The Practice of Europeanisation in Museums; Appendix I: Interviews; Appendix 2: Museums and Exhibitions; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Museums of history and contemporary culture face many challenges in the modern age. One is how to react to processes of Europeanization and globalization, which require more cross-border cooperation and different ways of telling stories for visitors. This book investigates how museums exhibit Europe. Based on research in nearly 100 museums across the Continent and interviews with cultural policy makers and museum curators, it studies the growing transnational activities of state institutions, societal organizations, and people in the museum field such as attempts to Europeanize collection p