Islamic objects in seventeenth-century Italy: Ferdinando Cospi, the Bologna collection and the Medici court

Abstract

"This book considers the circulation, collecting and understanding of Islamic artefacts in Italy in the seventeenth century from the specific perspective of the Cospi Museum in Bologna, which feature Italy's most extensive collection of Islamic objects of the day." -- Page 1.

Contents

All Things Turkish -- The Life of Ferdinando Cospi -- The History of the Cospi Museum -- Islamic Artefacts Collected by Ferdinando Cospi -- Acquisitions from the Ottoman World -- Acquisitions from the Italian Market -- Patronage and Donations -- Transmission and Preservation of Knowledge -- The Proto-ethnography of Collecting.