{"id":66825,"date":"2020-05-04T13:50:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T11:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/the-librarys-bibliographic-fonds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:45:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T07:45:40","slug":"bibliographic-collections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/en\/bibliographic-collections\/","title":{"rendered":"Bibliographic Collections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Library possesses about 400,000 volumes, of which about 60,000 are still contained in the ancient Monumental Hall. Within this library holdings are over 120,000 ancient printed books and more than 6,000 manuscripts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The original core<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">From the very beginning, the variety and plurality of interests characterised the character of the Antiquarian Library desired by Cardinal Casanate at the service of its most frequent users: artists, curials, preachers and professors. Father Mattia's 'libraria', the primitive nucleus of the collection, was in fact a collection of volumes on various subjects, from law to patristic literature, from sacred and liturgical texts to books on history and politics, Latin and Greek classics and works on scientific subjects.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The 18th-century acquisitions <\/strong><\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">Subsequent acquisitions, the result of a policy that drew on both the antiquarian market and current production, were overseen by leading figures in the Casanatense such as Prefects Agnani, Schiara and Audiffredi, who made the Library an internationally renowned institution that excelled among Roman libraries, increasing the universality of its collections that would characterise it until the mid-19th century.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><strong>The development of the collection<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p align=\"justify\">The editions from 1830 to the present day constitute the 'modern' side of the Library's holdings, which are continuously updated along the lines of some of thematic paths marked out by the Dominican Fathers who founded it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>La Biblioteca Casanatense<\/em>, Firenze, Nardini, 1993<\/p>\n<p>A. A. Cavarra, <em>Cronaca Casanatense: centocinquant\u2019anni di gestione laica<\/em>, Roma, Il Sextante, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/en\/editorials\/\">For more information on the library's collections and holdings<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/?p=45\">Manuscripts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/?p=49\">Edicts and Bans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/?p=47\">Music<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_4 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/en\/photographs\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/en\/photographs\/\">Photographs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_5 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/?p=46\">Incunabula<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/?p=52\">Periodicals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_7 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/?p=50\">Heraldry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_3 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_8 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/?p=51\">Engravings, Prints and Drawings<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_9 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/?p=48\">Theatre<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_10 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/en\/cartography\/\">Cartography<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-66825","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"dsm_author":{"name":"Administrator","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86377b3a23e629130339fd490f03005a5e80488b8a55b213d7ae4aed1651eafe?s=96&r=g","archive_link":"https:\/\/casanatense.cultura.gov.it\/en\/author\/administrator\/","biodata":""},"dsm_categories":[],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":null,"dsm_comment_count":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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