Coins as a Source: Pirro Ligorio’s Drawings from the Pierpont Morgan Library and Museum

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du congrès : Hermeneutics of Sources in Renaissance Antiquarianism In Renaissance antiquarian studies, the source began to take on a central role in the entire intellectual system and became the key aspect to consider when searching for knowledge about the past, thereby exerting an influence on the hermeneutical approach. Beyond specific objects of study, antiquarian techniques generally converged on a dual scheme to approach sources, which included a cataloguing phase and an interpretative phase. Many records had to be compiled (both directly and indirectly) to create a solid foundation; the records were then divided into different categories and studied in a multidisciplinary perspective. The aim of this session is to unveil ramifications of this cultural pathway, which influenced the way the past was interpreted between the fourteenth and seventeenth century. Focus will be devoted to the explanation of its methodology, strongly linked to the perception of time, which contributed shaping a renewed historical consciousness. Organizer: Damiano Acciarino, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia – University of Toronto Sponsor: Centro di Studi Medioevali e Rinascimentali E.A. Cicogna (I) Chair: John Considine, University of Alberta- Post-antique Sources for the Ancient WorldWilliam Stenhouse, Yeshiva University- New Archaeological Finds in France, and their (mis)interpretationRichard Cooper, Oxford University- Peiresc and Antiquarian Research: Some Implications Peter Miller, Bard Graduate Center(II) Chair: Sara Olivia Miglietti, The Warburg Institute- Lexicography as Antiquarianism: Guarino and His FollowersW. Scott Blanchard, Misericordia University- Miscellaneity and the Antiquarian: Organization and Order in William Camden’s ManuscriptsAngus Vine, University of Stirling- Natural Philosophy between Ancient Sources and Empirical Investigation: Collectionism from Conrad Gessner to Daniel Sennert-Anja-Silvia Goeing, Harvard University – University of Zurich (III) Chair: Arne Flaten, Ball State University- Coincidentia oppositorum. Persistence of Ancient Numismatic Sources in Renaissance ImpreseMonica Centanni, Università Iuav di Venezia- The Origin and Development of Autopsia among Sixteenth Century AntiquariansJohn Cunnally, Iowa State University- Coins as a Source: Pirro Ligorio’s Drawings from the Pierpont Morgan Library and MuseumGinette Vagenheim, University of Rouen