The library of San Benigno’s monastery of Capofaro in Genoa. The inventory of books preserved in the manuscript Vat. Lat. 11269

Alessandrini, Adriana The library of San Benigno’s monastery of Capofaro in Genoa. The inventory of books preserved in the manuscript Vat. Lat. 11269. JLIS.it, 2021, vol. 12, n. 1, pp. 11-20. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

L’articolo propone lo studio della biblioteca del monastero di San Benigno di Capofaro a Genova sulla base dell’inventario prodotto nell’ambito dell’Inchiesta della Congregazione dell’Indice attuata tra la fine del XVI e l’inizio del XVII secolo. In particolare, si è cercato di delineare la fisionomia della raccolta libraria sulla base dei dati bibliografici e delle edizioni descritte, inserendo la trascrizione delle voci librarie più significative, anche al fine di individuare eventuali libri proibiti o sospetti appartenuti al Monastero.

English abstract

The article is a study on the library of San Benigno’s monastery of Capofaro in Genoa based on the inventory produced as part of the Survey of the Congregation of the Index between the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century. Particularly, we tried to outline the physiognomy of the book collection, based on bibliographic data and the editions described, inserting the transcription of the most significant book entries, also in order to identify any prohibited or suspicious books belonged to the Monastery.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Survey of the Roman Congregation of the Index; Genoa; History of printing; Monastic libraries
Date deposited:	15 Sep 2026 05:08
Last modified:	15 Sep 2026 05:08
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48516

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