Contact details
- Name:
- Dr Elisa Bianchi
- Qualifications:
- Postdoc at the University of Bologna (2020-2021, and 2021-2022); PhD in Greek Paleography at the University of Rome La Sapienza (2015); MA in Byzantine Philology from the Catholic University of Milan
- Position:
- Postdoctoral Researcher - Greek manuscripts in Renaissance Venice: the library of Guillaume Pellicier and its contribution to Europe’s intellectual heritage
- Institute:
- Warburg Institute
- Email address:
- elisa.bianchi@sas.ac.uk
- Website:
- https://warburg.sas.ac.uk/people/elisa-bianchi
Research Summary and Profile
- Research interests:
- Classics, History of the book, Manuscript studies, Palaeography
- Research keywords:
- Greek Paleography | Manuscript production in Venice and Bologna in the early 16th century | Fettaugen-Mode in the early Paleologan Period | Greek manuscripts’ cataloguing
- Summary of research interests and expertise:
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Bio
Dr. Elisa Bianchi got her MA in Byzantine Philology from the Catholic University of Milan (Italy) in 2011. She pursued her PhD in Greek Paleography at the University of Rome La Sapienza (2015) with a thesis focused on the Fettaugen-Mode and the graphic framework of the second half of the 13th century. In the most recent years, she has been involved in numerous cataloguing projects on Greek manuscripts in various historical libraries in northern Italy. Furthermore, as part of a post-doctoral research project at the University of Bologna (2020-2021, and 2021-2022), she has studied manuscript production in Venetian and Bolognese 16th century.
Since January 2023, she has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study of the University of London as part of the AHRC-funded project “Greek manuscripts in Renaissance Venice: the library of Guillaume Pellicier and its contribution to Europe’s intellectual heritage”.
Latest Publications
Elisa Bianchi, Qualche riflessione sulla Fettaugen-Mode e sullo stile beta-gamma, in «Scripta», 2022, 15, pp. 9-29 [article]
Elisa Bianchi, Codici datati e databili dei secoli XV-XVI in due collezioni milanesi “minori”. Materiali eterogenei conservati presso la Fondazione Trivulzio e la Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano(Opens in new window), in «Bibliothecae.it», 2022, 11, pp. 24-82 [article]
Elisa Bianchi, Demetrio Zeno, Bernardino Donato e il Vat. Pal. gr. 334, manoscritto di tipografia per l’edizione Fidei Expositio di Giovanni Damasceno (Verona, 1531)(Opens in new window), in «Scrineum», 2022, 19, pp. 175-201 [article]
Elisa Bianchi, Demetrio Zeno, calligrafo e consulente letterario. Tra libri a stampa e libri manoscritti nella Venezia del primo Cinquecento, con una postfazione di Caterina Carpinato, Alessandria, Edizioni dell'Orso, 2022 [book]. Interview on Letture.org website(Opens in new window)
Elisa Bianchi, Una nuova testimonianza della mano di Giorgio di Cipro nel Florilegio stobeano Parisinus graecus 1984, in «Codices Manuscripti & Impressi», 2022, 134-135, pp. 35-49 con 2 tavole [article]
Elisa Bianchi, Scrittura e marginalia nel rotolo liturgico Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, Parmense 1217/2, in «Scripta», 2021, 14, pp. 13 - 29 [article]
Elisa Bianchi, Osservazioni codicologiche e paleografiche sul Ms. Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, C 308 inf. (gr. 917), testimone dei Logoi di Teodoro II Lascari, «Scripta», 2019, 12, pp. 53 - 70 [article]
Academia.Edu: https://unibo.academia.edu/ElisaBianchi
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=boGPh6gAAAAJ&hl=it
Twitter account: @Elisa_Zmyrna