Miquel Mai (ca. 1480-1546). Art i cultura a la cort de Carles V

  1. Bellsolell Martínez, Joan
Supervised by:
  1. Joaquim Garriga Riera Director

Defence university: Universitat de Girona

Fecha de defensa: 02 July 2011

Committee:
  1. M. Carmen Morte García Chair
  2. Joan Bosch Ballbona Secretary
  3. Carlos José Hernando Sánchez Committee member
  4. Marià Carbonell Buades Committee member
  5. Josep Solervicens Bo Committee member

Type: Thesis

Teseo: 333341 DIALNET lock_openTDX editor

Abstract

The doctoral thesis was an study about Miquel Mai, a polític, jurist, bibliophile and art collector in Barcelona in the first half of the XVI century. The thesis presents the figure of Miquel Mai by his biographic history, with emphasis in the principals chapters that he was participant. After, there was a chapter whose principal theme its the connection between Miquel Mai and the Erasmism movement. Third, it was an analysis of all the art objects that Miquel Mai accumulates. Fourth, the thesis explores the library (formed by more than 2000 books). And finally, we studied the relationship between the art objects who decorate the library and the same books that was in the library.