interview with Paolo Francesco Magnanti The second volume of Liberato Sabbati’s Hortus Romanus (Ms. 4460), created in 1770, was stolen on 16 June 2004, during its exhibition at the Vittoriano, on the occasion of the exhibition “Le radici della Nazione”. The...
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 Ilaria Vercillo Antiquarie prospetiche Romane composte per prospectivo Melanese depictore (Rome, ca. 1496 – Vol. Inc. 1628) On the occasion of the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death in 2019, efforts have been made to...
by Martina Pugliesi Also known as Tacuinum Sanitatis, the Historia Plantarum, Ms 459 of the Casanatense Library, is an encyclopedia of natural sciences containing descriptions of plants, animals and minerals with particular reference to their medical...
by Francesco Volpi Instruction for Easter issued on March 18, 1735 by the Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome Giovanni Antonio Guadagni. Although almost two centuries had passed since the Council of Trent, which, in order to deal with the rigor of the reformist...
by Martina Pugliesi On April 23, we celebrate Saint George, the saint who almost par excellence represents the ideal of chivalry. Although his cult is widespread and very ancient – it is in fact attested since the 4th century – the biographical information is rather...
