Kidnapped Books in Paris: The Vatican Volumes in the Bibliothèque nationale de France

The examination of a manuscript preserved in the archives of the Vatican Library (BAV Arch. Bibl. 53, pt. A, ff. 2–4), which contains a list of unreturned books, together with the printed catalogue of manuscripts and books confiscated by the French during the Napoleonic occupation (Recensio manuscri...

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Autor: Galán Vioque, Guillermo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/27265
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27265
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Printed books
Vatican library
Napoleonic looting
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Sumario:The examination of a manuscript preserved in the archives of the Vatican Library (BAV Arch. Bibl. 53, pt. A, ff. 2–4), which contains a list of unreturned books, together with the printed catalogue of manuscripts and books confiscated by the French during the Napoleonic occupation (Recensio manuscriptorum codicum [Leipzig: impensis Paul Gotthelf Kummeri, 1803]), makes it possible to identify the Vatican printed volumes still held in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Most of these are valuable incunabula and editiones principes, and there are even items that have not previously been identified as part of the Napoleonic looting