The Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC)
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978-88-6969-333-5-ch-33_EJBhh8w.pdf
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Resource type
Book chapter
Creator (person)
Goldfinch, John
Limper-Herz, Karen
Date published
February 24, 2020
Abstract
From its foundation in 1980, the ISTC has been one of the most important international reference sources for incunabula studies. Based on a merger of F.R. Goff’s , it aimed to be a comprehensive list both of 15th-century editions and of surviving copies of incunabula. While maintaining its original purpose, it has striven to take advantage of new partnerships and technical innovations to ensure its continued utility as a cornerstone of incunabula research. Managed by the British Library in London and hosted by CERL, the ISTC continues to rely on cooperation and partnership from holding institutions and researchers worldwide. Free since 2003, the ISTC can be used as a simple guide to editions and copies, but also as a dataset enabling researchers to look at 15th-century printing in new ways. After briefly looking at the ISTC’s history, this essay focuses on new developments made to the database, highlighting its continued relevance and potential to support traditional incunabula research as well as new projects, and its managers’ intention and flexibility to improve the file in response to its users’ feedback.
Book title
Printing evolution and society 1450-1500: fifty years that changed Europe
Editor
Dondi, Cristina
Pagination
899-909
Publisher
Edizioni Ca Foscari
ISSN
2610-9883
eISSN
2610-9107
Date accepted
October 9, 2019
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