Aldus@SFU

The Wosk–McDonald Aldine Collection

Publications

Bordini, Alessandra, and John Maxwell. 2026. “Remediating the Past, Engaging the Present: The Digital Life of SFU’s Aldine Editions.” IDEAH: Interdisciplinary Digital Engagement in Arts & Humanities 6 (1): 1–11. https://doi.org/10.7202/1124716ar.

Maxwell, John W., and Alessandra Bordini. 2026. “A Prototyping Renaissance: Form, Content, and Scale in Open Publication in the Humanities.” The Journal of Electronic Publishing 29 (1). https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.7837.

Bordini, Alessandra. 2023. “From Private Circles to Public Circulation: Aldus Manutius & the Emergence of the ‘Public Sphere’ in Renaissance Italy.” Pop! Public. Open. Participatory, no. 5. https://doi.org/10.54590/pop.2023.005.

Bordini, Alessandra, and John W. Maxwell. 2019. “Breaking SFU Aldines Out of the Vaults: Aldus Manutius and Open Social Scholarship in the Sixteenth Century.” Pop! Public. Open. Participatory no. 1. https://popjournal.ca/issue01/bordini.

Reflections

A series of invited essays on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Aldus' death in 2015.

The Past and Future of the Wosk–McDonald Aldine Collection at SFU - Melanie Hardbattle - August 1, 2015
Aldus’ Gifts - John W Maxwell - August 1, 2015
The Invisible Book - Randall McLeod - August 1, 2015
The Fellowship of the Book: Manutius & Bembo in Renaissance Venice - Elisa Modolo - August 1, 2015
Too Big to Fail: Life on the Edge for Aldus Manutius - Rebecca Romney - August 1, 2015
The Italics - Robin Sloan - August 1, 2015
Simon Fraser’s Wosk–McDonald Aldine Collection - Ralph Stanton - August 1, 2015
Make Haste Slowly: Aldus and Erasmus, Printers and Scholars - John Willinsky - August 1, 2015

Bibliography

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