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Unpublished Paper
Collection, conviction, and contemplation: or, Picturing coins in early modern books, ca. 1550-1700
(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.
Keywords
- numismatics,
- antiquarianism,
- illustration
Disciplines
Publication Date
2003
Citation Information
Brian W. Ogilvie. "Collection, conviction, and contemplation: or, Picturing coins in early modern books, ca. 1550-1700" (2003) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_ogilvie/3/