This project will produce a digital edition of Gabriel Harvey's annotated copy of T. Livius Patavini, Romane historiae principis, decades tres, cum dimidia (Basle, 1555). This volume was the subject of Lisa Jardine and Anthony Grafton's seminal article “Studied for Action”: How Gabriel Harvey Read His Livy. The digital edition will form the core of an exploration of the activity of reading within its historical and cultural contexts.
The project is a collaboration between CELL, the University of Utrecht, and Princeton University.
We are currently in the design and planning stage of the project, which will be formally launched in the Autumn. A report on an earlier pilot project is available.
