Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Marciana explained

The collection of the Marciana Library contains 4,639 manuscripts and 13,117 manuscript volumes.[1] Its historical nucleus is the private collection of Cardinal Bessarion, which was donated to the Republic of Venice in 1468.

Manuscripts

Some significant manuscripts in the collection include:

Greek

Italian

Latin

Oriental languages


Biblical manuscripts

Old Testament

New Testament

Cartography

Music manuscripts

There are some important music manuscripts. The composers represented include:

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://marciana.venezia.sbn.it/la-biblioteca/il-patrimonio/patrimonio-librario Patrimonio librario
  2. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 122. For a description of the codex, see the exhibition catalog Mapping Our World: Terra Incognita to Australia (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013), pp. 17–19, .
  3. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 62
  4. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 64
  5. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 82
  6. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 148
  7. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 115
  8. For a discussion, see The Codex Cumanicus in Peter B. Golden, ed.,Studies on the peoples and cultures of the Eurasian steppes (Bucharest: Academiei Române, 2011), pp. 333–366, .
  9. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 192
  10. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 196
  11. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 102
  12. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 144
  13. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 162
  14. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 166
  15. Zorzi, Biblioteca Marciana Venezia, p. 180
  16. Web site: Rosand . Ellen . Ellen Rosand . 2008 . 'Cavalli a le stelle' Cavalli and the staging of Venetian opera . Gresham College.
  17. Web site: L'Erismena . baerenreiter.com.
  18. News: White . Robert . July 2007 . The mercurial maestro of Madrid .