A1 Journal article (refereed)
Sigismund II Augustus’ Volumes in Åbo Akademi Library, Finland : Renaissance Books in a Transnational, National and Regional Context (2022)

Niiranen, S. (2022). Sigismund II Augustus’ Volumes in Åbo Akademi Library, Finland : Renaissance Books in a Transnational, National and Regional Context. Scando-slavica, 68(2), 224-238. https://doi.org/10.1080/00806765.2022.2139752

JYU authors or editors

Niiranen, Susanna

Publication details

All authors or editors: Niiranen, Susanna

Journal or series: Scando-slavica

ISSN: 0080-6765

eISSN: 1600-082X

Publication year: 2022

Publication date: 03/07/2022

Volume: 68

Issue number: 2

Pages range: 224-238

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Publication country: Sweden

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00806765.2022.2139752

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: Channel is not openly available

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/92726

Abstract

The present article explores the history of three medical volumes that once belonged to the important book collection of the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), and its possible itinerary to Finland, where it is currently located in Åbo Akademi Library, Turku. The article sheds light on the people and professions who were interested in the valuable continental, Renaissance books originally possessed by the uncle of the deposed Catholic King Sigismund (1566–1632) and their meaning to both the national and regional cultures in Sweden and Finland. It stretches the concept of a Renaissance book collector geographically to Northern Europe, and temporally to the emergence of the modern period.

Keywords: libraries; Renaissance; cultural history; cultural heritage; collections; books

Free keywords: Sigismund II Augustus; book history; renaissance; libraries; Gadolin Library; Åbo Akademi Library

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