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On the threshold of the book
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On the threshold of the book

From 6 October to 10 December 2023

Historical Civic Archive and Trivulziana Library

Historical Civic Archive and Trivulziana Library

Piazza Castello, Milan

Open, closing soon closes at 15:00

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The exhibition, which constitutes an original production of the Trivulziana Library at the Sforzesco Castle, aims to present to the public a significant aspect of the history of the typographical book little known outside the scholarly circle, namely the birth of the frontispiece a few decades after the invention of movable type printing and its progressive development up to its current configuration.

The itinerary unfolds starting from some significant Italian attestations of the late fifteenth century up to a series of exemplary models from the twentieth century, with special attention to the development of the decorated and engraved frontispiece between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

With this exhibition project, the Institute's program continues to offer the general public, even the youngest, through a clear and essential language but always with scientific rigor, those fundamental elements of knowledge that allow us to read the present with greater awareness of our tradition cultural.

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Piazza Castello, Milan, Italy

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Opening hours

opens - closes last entry
monday 10:00 - 15:00
tuesday 10:00 - 15:00
wednesday 10:00 - 15:00
thursday 10:00 - 15:00
friday 10:00 - 15:00
saturday Closed now
sunday Closed now

The historical civic archive and Trivulziana library is accessible by appointment only

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