Albinia Catherine de la Mare, OBE,FBA (2 June 1932 – 19 December 2001),[1] known in print as A.C. de la Mare and informally as "Tilly", was an English librarian and palaeographer who specialised in Italian Renaissance manuscripts.[2]
Born in Gower Street, London, in 1932, she was the daughter of Richard de la Mare, director of Faber and Faber,[3] and the granddaughter of the poet Walter de la Mare.[2] In 1937 her family moved to an eighteenth century brick house in Much Hadham where Tilly and her younger brothers were raised.[3] Motivated by "a strong sense of public duty", as an adult she "serv[ed] in the Civil Defence Corps to be the better prepared to help in the event of any disaster".[3] Following a long illness, she died at Oxford in 2001.[1]
Education and careeredit
After attending a local school in Much Hadham, de la Mare departed for a final three years at Queen's College, Harley Street,[1] then read history at Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.[2] In 1954, she registered as a postgraduate student at the Warburg Institute, London. Her M.A. thesis — examining the Vite di uomini illustri of Florentine bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci, and striving to trace the manuscripts he published — proved so promising that her supervisor, Ernst Gombrich,[2] promoted her to a PhD dissertation under his own supervision.[3] "It took a long time to materialise. Formally presented in 1965–66, it really lasted the rest of her life".[3]
As curator in the Manuscript Department of the Bodleian Library from 1962 until 1989, de la Mare became so respected that King's College London Professor of Palaeography Julian Brown "decreed on his deathbed that Tilly de la Mare and no one else should succeed him".[3] In 1989, she was duly appointed to the latter institution's Chair of Palaeography,[2] where she soon garnered praise for her "enthusiastic",[2] "inspirational"[1] lecturing style. She retired from the post in 1997.[2]
From 1990 through 2000, de la Mare served as a counsellor to the Bureau of the prestigious Comité International de Paléographie Latine (CIPL), a scholarly organisation of which she was a committed and active member.[2] Elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1987, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1993.[1] The Warburg Institute held an academic conference commemorating her life and work in 2012, and 2016 brought publication of a volume of scholarly essays dedicated to her memory.[4]
Selected publicationsedit
Books authorededit
Vespasiano da Bisticci, Historian and Bookseller. PhD diss. U London, 1965.
Catalogue of the Collection of Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, Oxford by James P.R. Lyell. Oxford: Clarendon, 1971.
(with Terence Alan Martyn Bishop). English Caroline Minuscule. Oxford: Clarendon, 1971. Oxford Palaeographical Handbooks.
The Shop of a Florentine 'Cartolaio' in 1426. Firenze: L. Olschki, 1973.
The Handwriting of Italian Humanists, Vol. 1, Fasc. 1: Francesco Petrarca, Giovanni Boccaccio, Coluccio Salutati, Niccolò Niccoli, Poggio Bracciolini, Bartolomeo Aragazzi of Montepulciano, Sozomeno of Pistoia, Giorgio Antonio Vespucci. Oxford: University Press for Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, 1973. Handwriting of Italian Humanists 1, fasc. 1.
Humanistic Hands in England. Oxford: Bodleian Library, 1980.
Further Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1985.
Duke Humfrey's Library & the Divinity School at Oxford, 1488–1988: Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Bodleian Library, June–August 1988. Oxford: Bodleian, 1988.
Vespasiano da Bisticci as Producer of Classical Manuscripts in Fifteenth-Century Florence. London: Red Gull, 1996.
(with Laura Nuvoloni). The Handwriting of Italian Humanists 2: Bartolomeo Sanvito: The Life and Work of a Renaissance Scribe. Paris: Association Internationale de Bibliophilie, 2009. Handwriting of Italian Humanists 2.
Books editededit
(with B. C. Barker-Benfield). Manuscripts at Oxford: An Exhibition in Memory of Richard William Hunt, 1908–1979: Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1945–1975, On Themes Selected and Described by Some of His Friends. Oxford: Bodleian, 1980.
Chapters and articlesedit
(with D.F.S. Thomson). "Poggio's Earliest Manuscript?" Italia Medioevale e Umanistica 16 (1973): 179–95.
"Humanistic Script: The First Ten Years". In: Das Verhältnis der Humanisten zum Buch. Ed. F. Kraft and D. Wuttke. Boppard, 1977. pp. 89–110. Mitteilungen der Kommission für Humanismusforschung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft 4. [Sonderdruck].
(with Lotte Hellinga). "The First Book Printed in Oxford: The Expositio Symboli of Rufinus". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 7.2 (1978): 184–244.
"Script and Manuscripts in Milan under Sforzas". In: Milano nell'Età di Ludovico il Moro: Atti del Convegno Internazionale, 28 febbraio–4 marzo 1983. Vol. 2. Milano: Comune di Milano, Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana, 1983. pp. 399–408.
"Marginalia and Glosses in the Manuscripts of Bartolomeo Sanvito of Padua". In: Talking to the Text: Marginalia from Papyri to Print: Proceedings of a Conference Held at Erice, 26 September–3 October 1998, as the 12th Course of International School for the Study of Written Records. Ed. Vincenzo Fera, Silvia Rizzo, and Giacomo Ferraù. Messina: Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi Umanistici, 2002. pp. 459–555. Percorsi dei Classici 4–5.
Referencesedit
^ abcdeNelson, Janet (8 February 2002). "Albinia de la Mare". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^ abcdefghDerolez, Albert (2002). "Albinia C. de la Mare (1932–2001)". Gazette du Livre Médiéval (40): 115.
^ abcdefBarker, Nicolas (3 January 2002). . The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^Black, Robert; Jill Kraye; Laura Nuvoloni, eds. (2016). Palaeography, Manuscript Illumination, and Humanism in Renaissance Italy: Studies in Memory of A. C. de la Mare. Warburg Institute Colloquia 28. London: Warburg Institute.
January 01, 1970
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Albinia Catherine de la Mare OBE FBA 2 June 1932 19 December 2001 1 known in print as A C de la Mare and informally as Tilly was an English librarian and palaeographer who specialised in Italian Renaissance manuscripts 2 Albinia Catherine de la MareOBE FBABorn 1932 06 02 2 June 1932London EnglandDied19 December 2001 2001 12 19 aged 69 Oxford EnglandNationalityEnglishAcademic backgroundAlma materUniversity of OxfordThesisVespasiano da Bisticci Historian and Bookseller 1965 Doctoral advisorErnst GombrichAcademic workDisciplinePalaeography and codicologyInstitutionsKing s College London Bodleian Library Contents 1 Personal life 2 Education and career 3 Selected publications 3 1 Books authored 3 2 Books edited 3 3 Chapters and articles 4 ReferencesPersonal life editBorn in Gower Street London in 1932 she was the daughter of Richard de la Mare director of Faber and Faber 3 and the granddaughter of the poet Walter de la Mare 2 In 1937 her family moved to an eighteenth century brick house in Much Hadham where Tilly and her younger brothers were raised 3 Motivated by a strong sense of public duty as an adult she serv ed in the Civil Defence Corps to be the better prepared to help in the event of any disaster 3 Following a long illness she died at Oxford in 2001 1 Education and career editAfter attending a local school in Much Hadham de la Mare departed for a final three years at Queen s College Harley Street 1 then read history at Lady Margaret Hall University of Oxford 2 In 1954 she registered as a postgraduate student at the Warburg Institute London Her M A thesis examining the Vite di uomini illustri of Florentine bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci and striving to trace the manuscripts he published proved so promising that her supervisor Ernst Gombrich 2 promoted her to a PhD dissertation under his own supervision 3 It took a long time to materialise Formally presented in 1965 66 it really lasted the rest of her life 3 As curator in the Manuscript Department of the Bodleian Library from 1962 until 1989 de la Mare became so respected that King s College London Professor of Palaeography Julian Brown decreed on his deathbed that Tilly de la Mare and no one else should succeed him 3 In 1989 she was duly appointed to the latter institution s Chair of Palaeography 2 where she soon garnered praise for her enthusiastic 2 inspirational 1 lecturing style She retired from the post in 1997 2 From 1990 through 2000 de la Mare served as a counsellor to the Bureau of the prestigious Comite International de Paleographie Latine CIPL a scholarly organisation of which she was a committed and active member 2 Elected a Fellow of the British Academy FBA in 1987 she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE in 1993 1 The Warburg Institute held an academic conference commemorating her life and work in 2012 and 2016 brought publication of a volume of scholarly essays dedicated to her memory 4 Selected publications editBooks authored edit Vespasiano da Bisticci Historian and Bookseller PhD diss U London 1965 Catalogue of the Collection of Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library Oxford by James P R Lyell Oxford Clarendon 1971 with Terence Alan Martyn Bishop English Caroline Minuscule Oxford Clarendon 1971 Oxford Palaeographical Handbooks The Shop of a Florentine Cartolaio in 1426 Firenze L Olschki 1973 The Handwriting of Italian Humanists Vol 1 Fasc 1 Francesco Petrarca Giovanni Boccaccio Coluccio Salutati Niccolo Niccoli Poggio Bracciolini Bartolomeo Aragazzi of Montepulciano Sozomeno of Pistoia Giorgio Antonio Vespucci Oxford University Press for Association Internationale de Bibliophilie 1973 Handwriting of Italian Humanists 1 fasc 1 Humanistic Hands in England Oxford Bodleian Library 1980 Further Italian Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Firenze Leo S Olschki 1985 Duke Humfrey s Library amp the Divinity School at Oxford 1488 1988 Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Bodleian Library June August 1988 Oxford Bodleian 1988 Vespasiano da Bisticci as Producer of Classical Manuscripts in Fifteenth Century Florence London Red Gull 1996 with Laura Nuvoloni The Handwriting of Italian Humanists 2 Bartolomeo Sanvito The Life and Work of a Renaissance Scribe Paris Association Internationale de Bibliophilie 2009 Handwriting of Italian Humanists 2 Books edited edit with B C Barker Benfield Manuscripts at Oxford An Exhibition in Memory of Richard William Hunt 1908 1979 Keeper of Western Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library Oxford 1945 1975 On Themes Selected and Described by Some of His Friends Oxford Bodleian 1980 Chapters and articles edit with D F S Thomson Poggio s Earliest Manuscript Italia Medioevale e Umanistica 16 1973 179 95 Humanistic Script The First Ten Years In Das Verhaltnis der Humanisten zum Buch Ed F Kraft and D Wuttke Boppard 1977 pp 89 110 Mitteilungen der Kommission fur Humanismusforschung der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft 4 Sonderdruck with Lotte Hellinga The First Book Printed in Oxford The Expositio Symboli of Rufinus Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 7 2 1978 184 244 Script and Manuscripts in Milan under Sforzas In Milano nell Eta di Ludovico il Moro Atti del Convegno Internazionale 28 febbraio 4 marzo 1983 Vol 2 Milano Comune di Milano Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana 1983 pp 399 408 Marginalia and Glosses in the Manuscripts of Bartolomeo Sanvito of Padua In Talking to the Text Marginalia from Papyri to Print Proceedings of a Conference Held at Erice 26 September 3 October 1998 as the 12th Course of International School for the Study of Written Records Ed Vincenzo Fera Silvia Rizzo and Giacomo Ferrau Messina Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi Umanistici 2002 pp 459 555 Percorsi dei Classici 4 5 References edit a b c d e Nelson Janet 8 February 2002 Albinia de la Mare The Guardian Retrieved 15 March 2018 a b c d e f g h Derolez Albert 2002 Albinia C de la Mare 1932 2001 Gazette du Livre Medieval 40 115 a b c d e f Barker Nicolas 3 January 2002 Professor Albinia de la Mare The Independent Archived from the original on 29 May 2009 Retrieved 15 March 2018 Black Robert Jill Kraye Laura Nuvoloni eds 2016 Palaeography Manuscript Illumination and Humanism in Renaissance Italy Studies in Memory of A C de la Mare Warburg Institute Colloquia 28 London Warburg Institute Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A C de la Mare amp oldid 1219245557, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
