{"id":2848,"date":"2026-03-08T14:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T13:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prolocopescia.it\/?page_id=2848"},"modified":"2026-04-28T20:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:37:29","slug":"biblioteca-capitolare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.prolocopescia.it\/en\/biblioteca-capitolare\/","title":{"rendered":"Biblioteca Capitolare"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center translation-block\">The Chapter Library preserves 11,000 codices including 42 incunabula, 700 16th century books and 100 manuscripts<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio alignleft\"><audio controls src=\"italian podcast\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prolocopescia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-214212-1024x723.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2849\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.416352551291457;width:571px;height:auto\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prolocopescia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-214212-1024x723.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.prolocopescia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-214212-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.prolocopescia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-214212-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/www.prolocopescia.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-02-11-214212.png 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Chapter Library <\/strong> traces its origins to the will of&nbsp;<strong>Don Romualdo Cecchi<\/strong>&nbsp;(1648). Built above the Cathedral's sacristies between the 17th and 18th centuries, it preserves 11,000 codices, including 42 incunabula, 700 16th-century books, and 100 manuscripts, ranging from a 12th-century laudarium to the letters of&nbsp;<strong>Vescovo Simonetti<\/strong>&nbsp;(1945). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The vault of the main hall was decorated in 1711 with frescoes by\u00a0<strong>Pietro Scorzini<\/strong>The painter executed on the vault, at the center of perspective illusions, the iconography of Wisdom (Sophia), represented with the figure of Hermes Trismegistus.<br>Ai quattro lati sono rappresentati dei cartigli con delle frasi latine riprese dall\u2019antico testamento che avevano la funzione di richiamare gli ecclesiastici ai loro compiti e doveri, e da cui si evince che la biblioteca \u00e8 specializzata in discipline giuridiche. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sulla parete di fondo fa\u2019 bella mostra il ritratto del Canonico Romualdo Cecchi con il cartiglio in cui si celebra l\u2019atto fondativo, il Canonico \u00e8 ritratto nell\u2019atto di osservare e forse anche di ammonire i frequentatori della biblioteca il dipinto illustra un\u2019allegoria della Saggezza e le sezioni tematiche. I libri in essa contenuti hanno un valore inestimabile non tanto per il numero dei volumi(supera di poco le diecimila unit\u00e0)quanto piuttosto per l\u2019importanza e la rarit\u00e0 dei testi conservati fin dall\u2019inizio della fondazione.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Forty-two incunabula and more than a hundred manuscripts dating from the 13th to the 19th century are preserved.<br>Nelle diverse sezioni in cui sono divisi i libri, trovano posto 800 cinquecentine, e il volume pi\u00f9 prezioso a stampa \u00e8 l\u2019incunabolo edito a Pescia nel 1488 dalla stamperia dei fratelli Orlandi. Un altro pregevole esemplare \u00e8 il bellissimo messale romano Miniato del XV sec. detto della Maddalena, in quanto appartenuto alla Compagnia dei Disciplinati di Santa Maria Maddalena, Chiesa omonima posta innanzi alla Cattedrale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"> Particularly noteworthy is the beautiful collection of seven thousand 16th and 17th-century engravings contained in thirty-six volumes. This impressive work arrived in the library in 1702 following the testamentary bequest of Canon Andrea Buonvicini (Rector of the Propaganda Fide College for about forty years; after his death, his role was filled only by Cardinals, the first of whom was Cardinal Fabroni of Pistoia), along with manuscripts of considerable value.<br>of the Collegio di Propaganda Fide for about forty years; after his death, his role was held exclusively by Cardinals, the first of whom was Cardinal Fabroni of Pistoia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of the room stand two 17th-century globes. This extraordinary Chapter Library of the cathedral is considered one of the most beautiful in Tuscany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Access to this heritage is not immediate: the Capitolare Library, in fact, is not always open to the public with regular or continuous opening hours. This \"exclusive\" nature and the management linked to the availability of the Diocese make the visit an even rarer and more desired experience. For scholars and tourists, the limited opening often represents a logistical challenge, but it is also a reflection of the fragility and extreme care that such volumes require.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Not being a high-traffic museum, its consultation frequently takes place by appointment or on the occasion of specific cultural events. 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