Teresa Lodi
Italian librarian (1889–1971)
Teresa Lodi (Ferrara, 13 June 1889 – Ancona, 7 April 1971) was an Italian librarian and papyrologist.2
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Born Jun 13, 1889, died Apr 7, 1971.1
Companies
- Italian Library AssociationChair 1946 to 19519
Early life and education
- Date not recordedIstituto di Studi Superiori di Firenze3
Career
Occupation: palaeographer, librarian, papyrologist.5
- 1946 to 1951Chair, Italian Library Association4
Lodi studied with Girolamo Vitelli, the founder of Italian papyrology, at the Istituto di Studi Superiori di Firenze (later the University of Florence), graduating in 1911. In April 1913 she joined the National Central Library of Florence as assistant librarian, working with manuscripts and rare books. In May 1924 she was promoted to librarian and from June 1926 chief librarian.
In 1933 Lodi was appointed director of the Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, a position she held until her retirement in 1955. Lodi curated many exhibitions at the library, including on the library of Lorenzo the Magnificent (1949), on papyrology (1950), on da Vinci's drawings and manuscripts (1952), and on Poliziano (1954). Lodi was president of the Associazione italiana biblioteche[IT] from 1946 until 1951.
Her correspondence is held in the Laurentian library.
From Wikipedia’s article on Teresa Lodi (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Personal life
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- 1WikidataTeresa Lodi on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaTeresa Lodi on Wikipedia
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- 10Wikimedia CommonsTeresa Lodi photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain