The Boston University's Interdisciplinary Italian Studies Program,

The Institute for Medieval History,

and

The Pirandello Lyceum of Boston
present

LITERACY AND NUMERACY IN LATE MEDIEVAL ITALY

A One-Day Symposium at Boston University
Wednesday, April 26

Afternoon Session
4:00-6:00 PM
CAS 313

“On Rabbits and Profits: Fibonacci, the Mercantile Mathematician”
Lenore Feigenbaum, Tufts University

“Literacy and Numeracy of Merchants”
Maristella Botticini, Boston University

Chair and Comment
Dennis Costa, Boston University

Evening Session
8:00 PM
CAS 313

“Renaissance Vision with Florentine Eyeglasses: Spectacles and Literacy in the Fifteenth Century”
Vincent Ilardi, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Chair and Comment
Thomas F. Glick, Boston University

The symposium is open to the public.
Dinner will be available between the afternoon and evening sessions.

For information and reservations, call
Beth Forrest at 617-358-0226 or e-mail bforrest@bu.edu