Biblioteca Capitolare

The Capitolare library is one of the most important library collections in the whole of Europe. It was founded in the fifth century as a "Scriptorium" for the "Schola Sacerdotum Sanctae Veronesis Ecclesiae", which has become today's Capitol, housed within the Canonicato palace since 1728, which was rebuilt in 1948 after its dstruction in the last war. The collection includes around 1,500 manuscripts, illuminated civil and legal documents, parchments and valuable illuminated works. Among the manuscripts some of the most valuable are the "Virgilio" from the fourth century, the "Istituzioni di Gaio", an original legal document from the fifth century, one of St. Augustine's "De civitate Dei" and the fifth century "Evangeliario purpureo" written in silver and gold. The library also holds splendid illuminated works like fifteenth century Biblical "Initia" and the "archivio dei canonici", which consists of over 11,000 parchments, the oldest of which dates from 710. Next to the library stands the Canonical museum, housing the city's most prestigious art gallery.

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