Dr Federico Botana
Postdoctoral Researcher
Federico Botana obtained his PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, which formed the basis for his book The Works of Mercy in Italian Medieval Art c. 1050-c. 1400 (Brepols, 2012).
Research
Since Dr Botana obtained his PhD, his research has mainly focused on manuscripts. Between 2011 and 2013, he collaborated on Manuscript Egerton 1500: Histories and Genealogies at the University of Reading. In 2013, he was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship for his project Visual Pedagogy in Renaissance Tuscany, conducted at Queen Mary, University of London. This project resulted in a forthcoming book, Learning through Images in the Italian Renaissance: Illustrated Manuscripts and Education in Quattrocento Florence (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
His work with CULTIVATE MSS investigates the pan-European activities of Italian bookdealers, including Ulrico Hoepli, Tammaro De Marinis, Giuseppe Martini and Leo Olschki.