The Iconoteca dei botanici is a collection of portraits of Italian and foreign botanists preserved in the Biblioteca storica di medicina e botanica Vincenzo Pinali e Giovanni Marsili at the University of Padua. It was assembled by Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845-1920), an important Italian mycologist and botanist, and the prefect of the Botanical Garden of Padua from 1879 to 1915. It contains approximately 2,380 subjects, arranged alphabetically and subdivided by century, ranging from approximately the 13th to the 20th century. The collection is accompanied by a catalogue divided into two sections: the first dedicated to Italian or naturalized botanists, and the second to foreign botanists. Through the study of the catalogue, we aim to identify the presence of women botanists in the Iconoteca, examining their role and areas of specialization. Particular attention will be given to the botanist Eva Mameli Calvino (1886-1978), the first woman to obtain a teaching qualification in botany in an Italian university, the University of Cagliari, and the founder, with her husband Mario Calvino (1875-1951), of the Experimental Station for Floriculture in Sanremo.
L’Iconoteca dei botanici è una collezione di ritratti di botaniche e botanici italiani e stranieri conservata nella Biblioteca storica di medicina e botanica Vincenzo Pinali e Giovanni Marsili di Padova. Fu assemblata da Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845-1920), importante micologo e botanico italiano nonché prefetto dell’Orto Botanico di Padova dal 1879 al 1915. È composta da circa 2.380 soggetti, disposti in ordine alfabetico e suddivisi per secolo, dal XIII al XX circa. La raccolta è corredata da un catalogo suddiviso in due sezioni: la prima dedicata alle botaniche e ai botanici italiani o naturalizzati in Italia, la seconda a quelli stranieri. Attraverso lo studio del catalogo, si cercherà di individuare la presenza delle botaniche nell’Iconoteca, approfondendo il loro ruolo e gli ambiti di specializzazione. Un’attenzione particolare sarà riservata alla botanica Eva Mameli Calvino (1886-1978), prima donna a conseguire la libera docenza in botanica presso un’università italiana, l’Università di Cagliari, e fondatrice insieme al marito, Mario Calvino (1875-1951), della Stazione Sperimentale per la Floricoltura di Sanremo.
L’Iconoteca dei botanici e il ruolo delle donne botaniche tra XIX e XX secolo: il caso di Eva Mameli Calvino
SIVIERO, SOFIA
2025/2026
Abstract
The Iconoteca dei botanici is a collection of portraits of Italian and foreign botanists preserved in the Biblioteca storica di medicina e botanica Vincenzo Pinali e Giovanni Marsili at the University of Padua. It was assembled by Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845-1920), an important Italian mycologist and botanist, and the prefect of the Botanical Garden of Padua from 1879 to 1915. It contains approximately 2,380 subjects, arranged alphabetically and subdivided by century, ranging from approximately the 13th to the 20th century. The collection is accompanied by a catalogue divided into two sections: the first dedicated to Italian or naturalized botanists, and the second to foreign botanists. Through the study of the catalogue, we aim to identify the presence of women botanists in the Iconoteca, examining their role and areas of specialization. Particular attention will be given to the botanist Eva Mameli Calvino (1886-1978), the first woman to obtain a teaching qualification in botany in an Italian university, the University of Cagliari, and the founder, with her husband Mario Calvino (1875-1951), of the Experimental Station for Floriculture in Sanremo.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Siviero_Sofia.pdf
Accesso riservato
Dimensione
4.15 MB
Formato
Adobe PDF
|
4.15 MB | Adobe PDF |
The text of this website © Università degli studi di Padova. Full Text are published under a non-exclusive license. Metadata are under a CC0 License
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12608/111904