Balsdon Fellowship: Roman relics and Renaissance collectors 1350–1550

Abstract

The curia, an international job market and melting pot of ideas, was indisputably a driving force in the renewed appreciation for the Roman heritage. [...]I decided to approach my research as the reconstruction of a network of individuals and families with antiquarian interests. During the final weeks of my Fellowship, I sought to complement this material evidence with a study of the literary descriptions of Rome produced in Cencio's circle.