Database of Italian Academies (1525-1700)

The Italian Academies Themed Collection provides a detailed searchable database for locating printed material relating to the Italian learned Academies published by Italian Academies between 1525 and 1700, and now held in the collections of the British Library. . The Academies in question were active in Avellino, Bari, Benevento, Bologna, Brindisi, Caltanissetta, Catania, Catanzaro, Enna, L’Aquila, Lecce, Mantua, Naples, Padua, Palermo, Rome, Salerno, Siena, Syracuse, Trapani, and Venice. You can search the database for information on: 1) Academies – their names, activities, interests, location, dates, emblems and mottoes 2) Books – titles, authors, publication details, illustrations, censors 3) Persons names, nicknames, dates, nationality, mottoes, emblems, portraits and roles Records may contain images in addition to text. Historical, bibliographical and critical information is listed in a Notes field in each record.