by Martina Pugliesi Among the treasures of the Casanatense Library is the magnificent ms. 233. The large-format codex (425 x 305 mm) contains a Universal History in French, from the creation of man to the war between Caesar and Pompey. Written in French bastard script...
by Maria Lucia Violo Prints for the Octavaries of the Dead of the Arciconfraternita dell’Orazione e Morte of Rome That of the sacred representations for the Octave of the Dead, the eight-day period of sermons and other religious services that began on 1...
by Francesco Volpi One of the peculiarities that distinguish the holdings of the Casanatense Library is undoubtedly the conspicuous collection of approximately 80,000 Edicts and Proclamations, issued and published by the Ecclesiastical State for the most part, by the...
by Anna Alberati Music purchases of today and yesterday In the auction held by the Libreria Gonnelli in Florence (Valuable books and manuscripts) on 27 April 2012, a precious and rare edition of the 6 Quartets for flute (or violin), violin, viola and cello by flutist...
A great master of classical architecture, in De Architectura Vitruvius also deals with astronomy, mechanics, hydraulics and mathematics. In fact, he believes that since all the arts are interconnected, in order to succeed in any one of them, it is necessary to have a...
One is pleasantly amazed at these 81 small photo albums meticulously bound with flowered, almost childlike paper and 32 neatly arranged and subdivided binders with ‘library precision’ that make up the Cairo Fund. And the astonishment grows when, leafing through them,...
