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+ | == Location == | ||
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+ | Piazza Galvani 1, 40124 Bologna. The library is situated in the city centre and is built around a magnificent quadrilateral portico.\\ | ||
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+ | == Description == | ||
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+ | The aims of the Archiginnasio Library are the conservation, | ||
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+ | The library was established in 1801 at Convento S. Domenico to gather the book material of the religious orders dispersed by Napoleon. In 1838 the library moved to the Archiginnasio, | ||
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+ | == Collection == | ||
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+ | There are now about 750,000 books and pamphlets, among which c.2,500 incunabula and 15,000 16th-century editions; about 8,500 manuscripts of various ages, relevance and rarity subdivided into four collections according to content and bequest; further collections range from maps to ex-libris and photos, with some 5,000 drawings and 9,800 prints; 780 current and 6,720 discontinued periodicals.\\ | ||
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+ | The catalogues of the Archiginnasio are a treasure in their own right: along with on-line search, there are card catalogues for books and serials covering the current and the historical catalogues, serials, incunabula, 16th-century editions and more catalogues and inventories for separate collections, | ||
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+ | The librarians are glad to welcome requests from readers and help them in their catalogue and bibliographic searches both on and off line. Guidance for subject research. Readers and institutions can also address written requests concerning the library collections.\\ | ||
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+ | The outstanding collections rival the grandeur of the architecture. In the sixteenth century the architect known as ‘il Terribilia’ was commissioned to design a seat for the Studium which would gather under one roof the various disciplines taught at the university. The move was dictated by the desire to control and guide the cultural and academic life of the Studium in the aftermath of the Council of Trent. All available wall space is covered with the coats-of-arms of the thousands of students who flocked to Bologna from all over the world, in itself an important historical testimony in visual form. The succession of rooms are now lined with books as far as the eye can see. The imposing Arts School is now the Reading Room. The Stabat Mater Room - once the Law School - is the venue of lectures and cultural events. The seventeenth-century Anatomical Theatre is an attraction in itself. After it had collapsed in 1944 as a casualty of air-raids, it was painstakingly salvaged and restored to its original beauty, with its pine-wood panelling, professor’s chair, statues and models.\\ | ||
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+ | == Bibliography == | ||
+ | Further readings about the Archiginnasio are endless. However, among the very many titles the following are somewhat essential: Valeria Roncuzzi Roversi Monaco, Sandra Saccone, Per un’indagine sui fondi librari della Biblioteca Comunale dell’Archiginnasio: | ||
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+ | L’Archiginnasio. Il Palazzo, l’Università, | ||
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+ | The library’s excellent website [[http:// | ||
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+ | == Director == | ||
+ | Dr Pierangelo Bellettini\\ | ||
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+ | == Opening hours== | ||
+ | Reading Room and Reference: Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.\\ | ||
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+ | Saturdays 9.00 a.m. - 2.00 p.m. Manuscripts, | ||
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+ | An ‘emergency line’ for urgent requests is available during the summer closure: 00 39 051 276811.\\ | ||
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+ | == Further information == | ||
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+ | Contact person: Marilena Buscarini.\\ | ||
+ | Telephone: 00 39 051 276811\\ | ||
+ | Fax: 00 39 051 261160\\ | ||
+ | E-mail: archiginnasio@comune.bologna.it | ||
+ | Website: [[http:// | ||
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