{"id":10842,"date":"2025-10-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/?p=10842"},"modified":"2025-10-20T09:54:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:54:09","slug":"fall-2025-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/fall-2025-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Collections&#8217; Fall 2025 Exhibition \u2014\u00a0<em>\u201cWhat through the universe in leaves is scattered\u201d: Mapping Global Dante in Translation<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rare Books and Special Collections\u2019 fall 2025 exhibition,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.nd.edu\/news\/exhibit-explores-global-reach-of-dantes-divine-comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cWhat through the universe in leaves is scattered\u201d: Mapping Global Dante in Translation<\/a><\/em>, is open and will run through December 19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-overview.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-overview-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-overview-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-overview-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-overview-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-overview.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This exhibition traces the global journey of Dante\u2019s masterpiece through rare and valuable printed editions, highlighting how translators, artists, and printers have popularized and reshaped the <em>Commedia<\/em>. These volumes reveal a dynamic dialogue between Dante\u2019s poetry and the world. A global literary perspective transforms Dante from a monumental yet isolated figure of the European Middle Ages into a central presence in the ongoing international conversation about humanity, the universe, time, eternity, and the power of literature.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-group_tour.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-group_tour-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-group_tour-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-group_tour-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-group_tour-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/files\/2025\/10\/202526i-group_tour.jpg 1513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>The exhibit is curated by&nbsp;<strong>Salvatore Riolo<\/strong>&nbsp;(Notre Dame Italian Studies doctoral candidate), and co-curators&nbsp;<strong>Giulia Maria Gliozzi<\/strong>&nbsp;(Notre Dame Italian Studies doctoral candidate);&nbsp;<strong>Inha Park<\/strong>&nbsp;(Notre Dame Italian Studies doctoral candidate); and&nbsp;<strong>Peter Scharer<\/strong>&nbsp;(Yale Comparative Literature doctoral candidate). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Theodore J. Cachey Jr., Notre Dame, and Jacob Blakesley, Sapienza Universit\u00e0 di Roma, served as consultants on the exhibit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop in to meet and speak informally with one of the exhibition&#8217;s curators. Learn how translators, artists, and printers have popularized and reshaped the&nbsp;<em>Divine Comedy<\/em>&nbsp;over the centuries and across the world and discover some of the Library\u2019s many Dante editions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.nd.edu\/event\/fall-exhibit-open-house-2025-11-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friday, November 7, 2:00\u20133:30 pm<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.nd.edu\/event\/fall-exhibit-open-house-2025-11-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Friday, November 21, 2:00\u20133:30 pm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tours of the exhibit may be arranged for classes and other groups by contacting <a href=\"mailto:rarebook@nd.edu\">rarebook@nd.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All exhibits are free and open to the public during&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rarebooks.library.nd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">business hours<\/a>.<\/em> <em>This and other exhibits within the library are generously supported by the McBrien Special Collections Endowment. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the <a href=\"https:\/\/italianstudies.nd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Center for Italian Studies<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/dante.nd.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Devers Program in Dante Studies<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rare Books and Special Collections\u2019 fall 2025 exhibition,&nbsp;\u201cWhat through the universe in leaves is scattered\u201d: Mapping Global Dante in Translation, is open and will run through December 19. This exhibition traces the global journey of Dante\u2019s masterpiece through rare and valuable printed editions, highlighting how translators, artists, and printers have popularized and reshaped the Commedia. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/fall-2025-exhibition\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Special Collections&#8217; Fall 2025 Exhibition \u2014\u00a0<em>\u201cWhat through the universe in leaves is scattered\u201d: Mapping Global Dante in Translation<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1936,"featured_media":10852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5065,75050,75058,12646],"tags":[77938],"class_list":["post-10842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-exhibits","category-italian-literature","category-miscellaneous","tag-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1936"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10842"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10857,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10842\/revisions\/10857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}