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Table of contents

1. 11 The Musaeum: Strada’s Circle 547
   1. 11.1 Strada’s House 547
   2. 11.2 High-ranking Visitors: Strada’s Guest Book and Ottavio’s Stammbuch 548
   3. 11.3 ‘Urbanissime Strada’: Accessibility of and Hospitality in the Musaeum 554
   4. 11.4 Intellectual Associates 556
   5. 11.5 Strada’s Confessional Position 566
   6. 11.6 Contacts with Members of the Dynasty 570
2. 12 The Musaeum: its Contents 576
   1. 12.1 Introduction 576
   2. 12.2 Strada’s own Descriptions of his Musaeum 577
   3. 12.3 Strada’s Acquisitions for Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria 580
   4. 12.4 Strada’s own Cabinet of Antiquities 592
   5. 12.5 Acquisitions of Other Materials in Venice 599
   6. 12.6 Commissions in Mantua 610
   7. 12.7 ‘Gemalte Lustigen Tiecher’: Contemporary Painting in Strada’s Musaeum 615
   8. 12.8 Conclusion 628
3. 13 Books, Prints and Drawings: The Musaeum as a centre of visualdocumentation 629
   1. 13.1 Introduction 629
   2. 13.2 Strada’s Acquisition of Drawings 630
   3. 13.3 ‘Owls to Athens’: Some Documents Relating to Strada’s GraphicCollection 634
   4. 13.4 The Contents of Strada’s Collection of Prints and Drawings 641
   5. 13.5 Later Fate of Strada’s Prints and Drawings 647
   6. 13.6 Drawings Preserved in a Context Linking Them withStrada 649
   7. 13.7 Strada’s Commissions of Visual Documentation: Antiquity 673
   8. 13.8 Strada’s Commissions of Visual Documentation: Contemporary Architecture and Decoration 692
   9. 13.9 Images as a Source of Knowledge 711
   10. 13.10 Conclusion 717
4. 14 ‘Ex Musaeo et Impensis Jacobi Stradae, S.C.M. Antiquarius, CivisRomani’: Strada’s Frustrated Ambitions as a Publisher 719
   1. 14.1 Is There Life beyond the Court? 719
   2. 14.2 Strada’s Family 719
   3. 14.3 Ottavio Strada’s Role 725
   4. 14.4 The Publishing Project: Strada Ambitions as a Publisher 728
   5. 14.5 The Musaeum as an Editorial Office? 739
   6. 14.6 Financing the Programme 752
   7. 14.7 The Index Sive Catalogus 760
   8. 14.8 Strada’s Approach of Christophe Plantin 775
   9. 14.9 The Rupture with Ottavio 781
   10. 14.10 Strada’s Testamentary Disposition 783
   11. 14.11 Conclusion: The Aftermath 786
5. 15 Le Cose dell’antichità: Strada as a Student of Antiquity 799
   1. 15.1 Profession: Antiquarius 799
   2. 15.2 Strada’s Qualities as an Antiquary 807
   3. 15.3 Strada’s Method 813
   4. 15.4 Strada’s Aims 822
6. 16 Strada & Co.: By Appointment to His Majesty the Emperor 830
   1. 16.1 Strada as an Imperial Antiquary and Architect 830
   2. 16.2 Strada’s Role as an Agent 836
   3. 16.3 Strada as an Independent Agent 840
   4. 16.4 ‘Ex Musaeo Iacobi de Strada’: Study, Studio, Workshop, Office, Showroom 843
   5. 16.5 Strada’s Influence: An Agent of Change 849
   6. 16.6 Conclusion: Strada’s Personality 863
   7. 16.7 Epilogue: Back to the Portrait 868
7. Appendices 877
   1. A Some Unpublished Letters 877
   2. B Strada’s Will 894
   3. C Strada’s Musaeum: Pleasant paintings 900
   4. D Strada’s Musaeum: The Index Sive Catalogus 902
8. Chronological List of Sources 915
9. Bibliography 932
10. List of Illustrations 986
11. Index 1038