The Digital Cicognara Library is an international initiatory to recreate inwards digital shape the remarkable someone mass collection of Count Leopoldo Cicognara (1767–1834). Though assembled inwards the Romantic era, Cicognara’s collection of some v one one thousand early on imprints yet comprises the foundational literature of fine art in addition to archaeology. Cicognara’s famous, two-volume inventory of his library, the Catalogo ragionato dei libri d’arte e d’antichità, published inwards 1821 in addition to oft reprinted, remains an essential tool for scholars in addition to bibliophiles.
Still inwards development, this site currently features the 1821 Catalogo ragionato combined alongside modern bibliographic descriptions addition a express issue of images. The sum Digital Cicognara Library volition hold upwards built out gradually over the coming months. When complete, the application volition consist of the sum text of the Catalogo, integrated alongside digital images in addition to sum text of every championship inwards the corpus, including black-and-white facsimiles of the master volumes inwards the Vatican; i or to a greater extent than high-resolution, coloring facsimiles of unique copies from partner libraries; in addition to thorough bibliographic information. Thanks to generous back upwards from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation in addition to partner institutions, the Digital Cicognara Library volition hold upwards an open-access resource.
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