Edizioni Santa Caterina

Edizioni Santa Caterina is an Italian publishing house based in Pavia, Italy. It is the editorial project of the Collegio universitario femminile Santa Caterina da Siena, a women's university college recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research and a member of the Conference of Italian University Colleges. The publishing arm grew out of the college's long-standing commitment to cultural events and conferences, and out of its Master's programme in publishing professions and products, which has been hosted at the college since 2007. The catalogue of Edizioni Santa Caterina includes exhibition catalogues, conference proceedings, and scholarly texts in historical, literary, biomedical, and legal-social fields. A distinctive part of its output is the series "Quaderni del Master di editoria" (Notebooks of the Master in Publishing), whose volumes are entirely conceived, produced, and promoted by the students of the Master's programme under the guidance of their teachers. This makes the imprint both a cultural publisher and a teaching laboratory for future publishing professionals. The publisher's logo is drawn from a detail of a woodcut in the Epistole devotissime de Sancta Catharina da Siena, printed in Venice in 1500 by Aldo Manuzio, widely regarded as the greatest typographer of his time and the first modern publisher. In the woodcut, Saint Catherine — to whom the college is dedicated — holds a book on which the first words printed in italic type can be read; the woodcut thus represents the first appearance of the italic typeface in the history of publishing, a typeface also known worldwide as "italico". The logo therefore links the imprint to the history of the book and to Italian typographic innovation. As a small, mission-driven academic publisher, Edizioni Santa Caterina operates primarily in the Italian market. It does not appear to be a listed company; it functions as the publishing imprint of the college. Its editorial line combines the dissemination of publishing, literary, artistic, and scientific culture with a stated character of innovation.

Edizioni Santa Caterina is the publishing imprint of the Collegio universitario femminile Santa Caterina da Siena, a women's university college in Pavia, Italy. The college is recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research and is a member of the Conference of Italian University Colleges. It has a long tradition of organizing and promoting cultural events and conferences. Since 2007 the college has hosted the Master universitario "Professioni e prodotti dell'editoria" (University Master's programme in publishing professions and products), created to give young people specialized training in a sector that requires both strong technical professionalism and solid cultural foundations. The publishing project of Edizioni Santa Caterina emerged from the combination of these cultural, research, and educational aims. The imprint publishes exhibition catalogues, conference proceedings, and scholarly texts in historical, literary, biomedical, and legal-social fields. It also publishes the series "Quaderni del Master di editoria", whose volumes are entirely conceived, produced, and promoted by the students of the Master's programme under the guidance of their teachers. This series embodies the link between the publisher and the teaching mission of the college. The visual identity of Edizioni Santa Caterina is tied to the history of printing. Its logo reproduces a detail of a woodcut from the Epistole devotissime de Sancta Catharina da Siena, printed in Venice in 1500 by Aldo Manuzio, described in the publisher's own presentation as the greatest typographer of his time and the first publisher in the modern sense. In the woodcut, Saint Catherine holds a book bearing the first words printed in italic type; the image is presented as the first appearance of italic type in the history of publishing, a typeface also known internationally as "italico". The publisher states that its project combines the dissemination of publishing, literary, artistic, and scientific culture with a character of innovation, a will represented by this logo. As of the available evidence, the publisher is based in Pavia, Italy, and operates as the publishing arm of the college rather than as an independent listed company. No founding year, founder, or corporate ownership structure beyond the college affiliation is provided in the supplied sources.

• 2007

  The Collegio universitario femminile Santa Caterina da Siena begins hosting the Master universitario "Professioni e prodotti dell'editoria".

• Edizioni Santa Caterina is established as the publishing project of the college, publishing exhibition catalogues, conference proceedings and scholarly texts.

• The series "Quaderni del Master di editoria" is published, with volumes produced by students of the Master's programme.

Academic and cultural publisher affiliated with a university college, combining scholarly publishing with hands-on training for publishing students.

• Exhibition catalogues

• Conference proceedings

• Scholarly texts in historical, literary, biomedical and legal-social fields

• Quaderni del Master di editoria series

1. 1Edizioni Santa Caterina – EDITORIA E CULTURA – CATALOGO DEI LIBRI DISTRIBUITIedizionisantacaterina.com
2. 2Edizioni santa Caterina – Wikidatawikidata.org