Manuscript - Finestre sull'Arte

Autograph letter by D'Annunzio returned after more than a decade to Rome's Central Library

Carabinieri from the Antiques Section of the Operational Department of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command have returned a handwritten letter by Gabriele D'Annunzio, stolen more than a decade ago, to the National Central Library in Rome. Returni...
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Getty Museum acquires an important early medieval manuscript and a painting by Annibale Carracci

The J. Paul Getty Museum has announced two important acquisitions: these are the Codex of Irmengarda, a manuscript made for the 11th-century noblewoman Irmengarda of Nellenburg, of the House of Egisheim-Dagsburg in Germany, and a painting by Annibale...
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MiC celebrates Leonardo's Codex on Flight more than 100 years after its complete reassembly

The Ministry of Culture is celebrating the precious manuscript of Leonardo da Vinci's Codex on Flight, more than 100 years after it was reassembled in its entirety, with a mini-documentary to retrace some of the most unique episodes that led to it be...
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Recanati, Leopardi's manuscript on Dante monument to be built in Florence exhibited for the first time

From Oct. 29, 2021 to Jan. 30, 2022, the Manuscript Room of the Library of Casa Leopardi in Recanati will exhibit for the first time to the public the original manuscript of the canto Sopra il monumento di Dante, which was being prepared in Florence,...
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World premiere of codex 512 of the Divine Comedy on display at Monte Cassino

For the first time as a world premiere, from Sept. 11 to Dec. 31, 2021, codex 512 of The Divine Comedy dating back to the 14th century, with notes by Pietro Alighieri, Dante's son, in the margin, will be on display in the spaces of the Abbey Museum o...
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