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Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: i_1503 Full title Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Full title original language N/A Abstract This is a manifesto issued by Aldus Manutius to warn readers against the printers of Lyon who had been counterfeiting his editions of classic Greek and Roman authors. It is part of a series of complaints which Aldus submitted in Venice and Rome to have his works protected against piracy. The commentary describes the context in which Aldus took the decision to publish his manifesto. It argues that with the emergence of a book market, the problem of counterfeit and plagiarism became increasingly widespread but was not always viewed as disgraceful. Neither was there any established mechanism for the prosecution of offenders. The commentary investigates the concepts of originality and plagiarism in the context of the culture of copying and sharing texts, carried on from the manuscript age, and concludes that by trying to judge the cases of plagiarism during the Renaissance by our modern standards, we risk oversimplification, anachronism, and insensitivity to changes in the 'cultural meaning' of these concepts. Bibliography Didot, Ambroise-Firmin, "Alde Manuce et l'Hellenisme a Venise" (Paris: Didot, 1875) Lowry, Martin, "The world of Aldus Manutius: business and scholarship in Renaissance Venice" (Oxford: Blackwell, 1979) Renouard, Antoine-Auguste, "Annales de l"Imprimerie des Alde, ou histoire des trois Manuce et de leurs editions", 2 vols (Paris: Renouard, 1803) Shaw, D. J., "The Lyons counterfeit of Aldus"s Italic type: A new chronology", in "The Italian book 1465-1800: Studies presented to Denis E. Rhodes", ed. by D. V. Reidy (London, 1993), 117-133 Related documents in this database Author Aldus Manutius Publisher Aldus Manutius Location Venice Year 1503 Language Latin Source Scanned from the manuscript held in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris: BN, Ms. Gr. 3064, c. 85. Physical description 1 large folio printed circular; approximately 31.5x20.5cm Illustrations tables Aldus Manutius's "dolphin and anchor" symbol Persons referred to Catullus, Gaius Valerius (c.84 B.C.-c.54 B.C.) Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.) Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis (c.55-c.140) Lucan (39-65) Manutius, Aldus (1449/50-1515) Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis (c.40-c.104) Persius (34-62) Propertius, Sextus (c.48 B.C.-c.15 B.C.) Terence (c.190 B.C.-159 B.C.) Tibullus, Albius (c.54 B.C.-19 B.C.) Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.) Persons referred to in commentary Alexander VI (1431-1503) Alviano, Bartolomeo d' (1455-1515) Aretino, Pietro (1492-1557) Arrighi, Ludovico Vicentino degli (1475-1527) Beck, Balthasar (fl.1527-1551) Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547) Berni, Francesco (c.1497-1535) Borgia, Cesare (1476-1507) Catherine of Siena, St (1347-1380) Catullus, Gaius Valerius (c.84 B.C.-c.54 B.C.) Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Gabiano, Balthazar de (fl.1502-1527) Gabriele da Brasichella (fl.1498) Gaurico, Luca (1476-1558) Giunti, Filippo (c.1456-1517) Giunti, Lucantonio (fl.1480) Glarean, Heinrich (1488-1563) Griffo, Francesco (1450-1518) Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.) Julius II (1443-1513) Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis (c.55-c.140) Leo X (1475-1521) Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.) Lucan (39-65) Luther, Martin (1483-1546) Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis (c.40-c.104) Michelangelo (1475-1564) Navo, Curtio Troian di (fl.1537-1558) Petrarch (1304-1374) Propertius, Sextus (c.48 B.C.-c.15 B.C.) Rapicio, Grovita (c.1483-1553) Rasma, Bernardino (fl.1496) Rizzo, Zuan Battista (fl.1590) Ryff, Walther Hermann (d.1548) Sanuto, Marino, 'the Younger' (1466-1536) Soncino, Girolamo (fl.1502-1527) Terence (c.190 B.C.-159 B.C.) Tibullus, Albius (c.54 B.C.-19 B.C.) Trezzo, Bettino da (fl.1488) Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Vettore, Francesco (1474-1539) Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.) Zwingli, Huldreich (1484-1531) Places referred to Brescia Florence Lyon Rome Venice Places referred to in commentary Bologna Brescia Fano, Marche region of Italy Florence Lyon Rome Strasbourg Venice Wroclaw (Breslau) Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Venetian monopoly to Aldus Manutius for printing in Greek typeface (1496) Venetian privilege to Aldus Manutius for the exclusive use of a chancery cursive typeface (1502) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Aldus Manutius v. Filippo Giunti (1507) Institutions referred to Aldine Press Institutions referred to in commentary Aldine Press Florentine Council of Eight Nuremberg City Council Strasbourg City Council Tribunal of the Executors against Blasphemy, Venice Università di Stampatori e Librai (Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers) Venetian Collegio (cabinet of government), in the Doge's palace Venetian Council of Ten Venetian Senate Key words book trade classics, Greek and Latin counterfeit fraud plagiarism privileges, Papal privileges, Venetian signature reprints typography Responsible editor Joanna Kostylo Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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