Jacopo Strada, Magnum ac Novum Opus continens descriptionem vitae, imaginum, numismatum omnium tam Orientalium quam Occidentalium Imperatorum ac Tyrannorum, cum collegis ac coniugibus liberisque suis, usque ad Carolum V. Imperatorem, Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, ms. Chart. A 2175, vol. 1, title page
Jacopo Strada's Magnum ac Novum Opus
A Numismatic Corpus of the 16th Century
Jacopo Strada (c. 1515–1588), antiquarian, architect and antiquarian dealer, created a 30-volume corpus, the Magnum ac Novum Opus (MaNO), for his patron Johann Jakob Fugger in the mid-16th century. The project brings together Jacopo Strada's numismatic corpus, analyses it in its historical and artistic context, researches the sources, and elaborates its significance for the scientific history of numismatics and antiquarian research in the 16th century.
Project activities and results
Digital edition of the drawings of Strada's Magnum ac novum opus and the accompanying descriptions of the A<ureorum> A<rgenteorum> A<ereorum> NumismatΩn Antiquorum ΔΙΑΣΚΕΥΕ via the databases of the Census and the KHI in Florence
Monograph on Strada's Magnum ac Novum Opus: Heenes, Volker / Jansen, Dirk Jacob: Jacopo Strada’s Magnum ac Novum Opus: A Sixteenth-Century Corpus of Ancient Numismatics (Cyriacus. Studien zur Rezeption der Antike Band 16), Petersberg 2022.
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Informationen zum Projekt
Institution
Forschungszentrum Gotha
Project participants
Dr. Volker Heenes
Dr. Dirk Jacob Jansen
Partners
- Census of Antique Works of Art and Architecture Known in the Renaissance
- Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut
Duration
2015–2022
Sponsorship
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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