Catalogs
Catalogs available for consultation in Sala di studio e Sala catalogo
Inventory from the Riccardi library. Manuscripts and editions from the 15th century. Florence, 1810. (Available in the Sala di studio).Bibl. F.14.
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Inventory of the entire book collection, drawn up as a result of the public auction of the Riccardi family library, which started on July 15, 1811.
Manuscript
Giovanni Lami, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum qui in Bibliotheca Riccardiana Florentiae adservantur. Liburni, Ex Tipographio Antonii Sanctini et Sociorum, 1756. (Available in the Sala di studio). Bibl. F. 14.
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Catalog of manuscripts indicated with a call number of the library collection that was used at the time of publication. The modern call number can be searched in the database.
Alphabetic Catalog (handwritten, 2 volumes). (Available in the Sala di studio). Bibl. F. 17.
Written in the second half of the 19th century with subsequent additions.
Also available on line in the Italian Digital Library
I manoscritti della Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze (dal Ricc. 3235 al Ricc. 3421), ed. by Maria Prunai Falciani with the assistance of Rosaria Di Loreto D’Alfonso, Rome, Istituto Poligrafico Zecca dello Stato – Libreria dello Stato, 1996 (“Indici e cataloghi” series, vol. 22). (Available in the Sala di studio). Bibl. F. 12bis.
Catalogo dei manoscritti della Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze: Ricc. 221-320, ed. by Francesca Mazzanti and Maria Luisa Tanganelli, Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 2018 (“Indici e cataloghi” series, vol. 27). (Available in the Sala di studio). Call Number: Cons.s.I.83 and Bibl. B.132.27.
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Index Catalog of modern acquisitions in alphabetical order. (Available in the Sala catalogo)
ITALIAN MANUSCRIPTS
Salomone Morpurgo, I manoscritti della Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze. Vol. I: I manoscritti italiani dal Ricc. 1002 al Ricc. 1700 (Rome: Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, 1990, “Indici e cataloghi” series, vol. 15). Call number: Bibl. F.12.
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GREEK MANUSCRIPTS
Girolamo Vitelli, Indice dei codici greci Riccardiani, Magliabechiani e Marucelliani (Florence: Fratelli Bencini, 1894). (Available in the Sala di studio). Call number: Bibl. F.7.
ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS
Olga Pinto, Manoscritti arabi delle biblioteche governative di Firenze non ancora catalogati (Florence: Olschki, 1935). (Available in the Sala di studio). Call number: Bibl. F.14bis.
Lupo Buonazia, Catalogo dei manoscritti arabici della R. Biblioteca Riccardiana fatto … 1867 (handwritten). (Available in the Sala di studio).
Angelo Michele Piemontese, Catalogo dei manoscritti persiani conservati nelle biblioteche d’Italia: Biblioteca Riccardiana (Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 1989, “Indice e cataloghi” series, s. II, vol. 5). Offprint, pp. 131-137
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Elsheikh Mahmoud Salem, I manoscritti del Corano conservati nelle biblioteche pubbliche di Firenze: II. Biblioteca Riccardiana. (Florence: Olschki, 2013, pp. 553-615) Offprint from La Bibliofilia, 115 (2013) (Available in the Sala di studio).
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
Maria Luisa Scuricini Greco, Miniature Riccardiane, Florence: Sansoni Antiquaria, 1958. (Available in the Sala di studio). Bibl.F.6bis.
Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli, I libri d’ore della Biblioteca Riccardiana. Vol.I: I libri d’ore francesi e fiamminghi, Rome: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 1986. (Available in the Sala di studio). Cons.s.l.20.
ON LINE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT
The Biblioteca Riccardiana’s illuminated manuscripts.
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THEATRICAL MANUSCRIPTS
Silvia Castelli, Manoscritti teatrali della biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze. Catalogo ragionato. Florence: Polistampa, 1998. (Available in the Sala di studio). Cons.s.l.41.
SPANISH MANUSCRIPT
Maria Teresa Cacho, Manuscritos hispánicos en las bibliotecas de Florencia: descripción e inventario. Florence: Alinea, 2001, pp. 308-524. Bibl.B.351.2.
DATED MANUSCRIPTS
I manoscritti datati della Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze, ed. by Teresa De Robertis and Rosanna Miriello. Tavarnuzze – Impruneta (later Florence): SISMEL – Edizioni del Galluzzo, 1997-2013.
4 volumes: 1. Mss. 1-1000; 2. Mss. 1001-1400; 3. Mss. 1401-2000; 4: Mss. 2001-4270. (Available in the Sala di studio). Bibl.E.13 bis1-4.
Book Bindings
Rosanna Miriello, Legature riccardiane: al primo sguardo… Florence: Polistampa, 2008. (Available in the Sala di studio). Cons.s.l.58.1.
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Illustration
Marco Chiarini, I disegni della Biblioteca Riccardiana di Firenze. Florence: Olschki, 1999 (“Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi”, 83). (Available in the Sala di studio). Cons.s.l.42.
Correspondence archives
Miscellaneous Letters
Index catalog divided by senders and recipients. (Available in the Sala catalogo).
Carteggio Renato Fucini (1843-1921)
Index catalog divided by senders and recipients. (Available in the Sala catalogo).
Carteggio Fucini Martinez
Inventario (Available in the Sala di studio)
Carteggio Leopoldo Galeotti (1813-1884)
Index catalog of Caleotti’s correspondents. (Available in the Sala catalogo).
Carteggio Giovanni Lami (1697-1770)
Index catalog of Giovanni Lami’s correspondents. Photocopy of the original handwritten catalog. (Available in the Sala catalogo).
Carteggio Giovanni Rosadi (1962-1925)
Index catalog divided by senders and recipients. (Available in the Sala catalogo).
Bibliography on Manuscripts
Index catalog (Available in the Sala catalogo) until 2017
Bibliography on Manuscripts provenance
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Ricc. 2580, c. 6v
Cartella A, inv. 227
Ed. Rare 640, Bible,
with Marginal Notes by Girolamo Savonarola
Printed book
Alphabetic Catalog of rare editions (hadwritten)
19th-century catalog of incunabula and early-16th-century editions. (Available in the Sala di studio). Bibl.E.11.
Alphabetic Catalog List of Incunabula (Available in the Sala di studio).
Alphabetic Catalog by Author: 23 hand-written volumes, which include editions from the early 16th to the 20th century. (Available in the Sala catalogo and on line)
Catalog List in Alphabetical Order (Available in the Sala Catalogo).
It lists miscellaneous works from the 16th to the 19th century that are not included in the alphabetic catalog by author as well as editions from 1900 to 2004 (when the online catalog was launched).
Index Catalog List by Subject from 1958 to 2004, (when the online catalog was launched). (Available in the Sala catalogo).
Alphabetic Index Card Catalog of Journals (Available in the Sala catalogo)
Catalog of Miscellanies, consists of 7 boxes of handwritten catalog cards for miscellanies from the 16th century to the early 20th century. In the 1970s, these handwritten cards were reproduced in an international format and integrated into the modern alphabetical author catalog currently in use.
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ROBERTO BRUNI, Edizioni fiorentine del Seicento: la biblioteca Riccardiana. Firenze: L. Olschki, 2012. Extract from: Studi secenteschi, vol. 53. 2012, pp.184-312.
Ricc. 4253, Prayer Book
English translation by Megan Krynen (University of Mississippi – ISI Florence) and Elsa Vellone (University of Rochester – ISI Florence).