. Syllabus for a course of study in the evolution of the library in Europe and America. 1887. 4:33-9.) -29- Lecture Libraries. I. Italy, the home of the renaissance; rich in ancient and medi-eval literature; rare and precious manuscripts and incunabulaabundant in most Italian collections. Modern Italian and Eu-ropean literature not equally well developed, (see II. 2b.) II. Leading Italian libraries. 1. Biblioteca vaticana or Library of the Vatican, firstin importance if not in age or size. a. Founded by Pope Nicholas 5 in 1447. b. Prominent features. 1. Its home. The Palace of the Va
. Syllabus for a course of study in the evolution of the library in Europe and America. 1887. 4:33-9.) -29- Lecture Libraries. I. Italy, the home of the renaissance; rich in ancient and medi-eval literature; rare and precious manuscripts and incunabulaabundant in most Italian collections. Modern Italian and Eu-ropean literature not equally well developed, (see II. 2b.) II. Leading Italian libraries. 1. Biblioteca vaticana or Library of the Vatican, firstin importance if not in age or size. a. Founded by Pope Nicholas 5 in 1447. b. Prominent features. 1. Its home. The Palace of the Vatican, the most mag-nificent library hall in the world. Deco-rations in the papal colors, white and gold,planned and executed by great kept in low wall cupboards which areclosed. 2. Its mss. Codex ^aticanun, fourth century. Vergil, fourth or fifth century. Terence, De Republica (Cicero) third century. Henry 8s attach on Luther and his letters to Anne boohs. Over 500 Aldines and other power, wealth and prestige of the. -30- papacy responsible ^or much of thin collec-tion. c. History of the Bibliotoca Vaticana. Has undergonema~y vicissitudes; nedieval wars between Francoand Italy and Germany and Italy; internal troubleswithin the Italian peninsula and the Napoleonicwars a menace to the collections. The ThirtyYears war brought a valuable collection fromHeidelberg. d. Contains the archives of the Vatican to which noaccess is permitted. e. Librarian, nominally a member of the college ofcardinals. f. Records, size, access and use. Ho good general catalog; impossibility of es-timating number of volumes on account of thepoverty of the records. Is not a public libraryin the usual sense and has been open to the pub-lic for only a few years, written permissionfrom, a church dignitary necessary for admission. •Library closes on Sundays, Thursdays and allfeast and fast Bibliothece nazionale or national libraries. a.
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