Title
Collection, conviction, and contemplation: or, Picturing coins in early modern books, ca. 1550-1700
Publication Date
January 2003
Abstract
This paper explores the uses of published illustrations of coins in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century antiquarian works, relating them to the shift in the affective value of classical antiquity from the late Renaissance to the early Enlightenment.
Recommended Citation
Ogilvie, Brian W., "Collection, conviction, and contemplation: or, Picturing coins in early modern books, ca. 1550-1700" (2003). History Department Faculty Publication Series. 1.
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