{"id":1606,"date":"2018-06-26T09:08:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T09:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seminariobedonia.it\/the-old-library\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T09:09:53","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T09:09:53","slug":"the-old-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.seminariobedonia.it\/en\/the-old-library\/","title":{"rendered":"The Old Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The <em>Biblioteca Antica<\/em> of the Seminary <strong>contains a vast collection of ancient books<\/strong> dating from 1500 to 1830. Some come from the Alberoni College, some from local families living in Bedonia, and others were inherited from a great number of priests: the collection amounts to about <em>7000 volumes representative of how civilisation was in the past in the local area and most of the topics dealt with are theological, historical, literary or concerning law<\/em>; <strong>there are several important editions<\/strong>, besides 225 splendid cinquecentines. A further 6000 volumes date from 1830 to 1920. So, in all, there are 13.000 books in custody in this library.<br \/>\nRepresentative of the refined culture of our Priests, Clergy and Professional People the vast collection continues to increase thanks to new literary donations.<br \/>\nThe oldest works the library has, the <strong>Cinquecentines<\/strong>, deal with biblical, legal, literary and scientific topics. The illustrated works of the naturalist Mattioli and a Universal Cosmography are perhaps two of the more important works the library has in custody.<br \/>\nTheology, Asceticism, Manuals on Devotion, Treaties on Morality and Patristic Works in addition to Literature, Philosophy (of both Italian and foreign authors), Jurisprudence, Science, the Arts and a selection of local books, complete the legacy of the Old Library.<br \/>\nIt even has the works of all the authors of the Enlightenment <strong>which is uncommon for a Seminary<\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid element_width=&#8221;2&#8243; grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1525508449793-5b21f98b-79ad-3&#8243; include=&#8221;1117,1118,1119,1120,1121,1122,1123,1124,1125,1126,1472,1473&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Biblioteca Antica of the Seminary contains a vast collection of ancient books dating from 1500 to 1830. 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