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Via
per Rosignano, 14
57018 VADA (Livorno)
Tel. 0586.788244
Fax. 0586.785998
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On
the top floor of the Country House Graziani there are
two adjoining rooms where we can find the archive and library.
Consultation is reserved to historians
and authorised personnel of the Sovrintendenza Archivistica
della Toscana. A brief visit can be organised
for guests who have the same interest in the past.
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| The
Archive of Graziani |
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On
27th November 1979 the archive was
declared of notable historical interest. Containing
358 files and 274 parchments and a rich series
of loose papers. The first inventory and stamp
was completed in 1863 by Pietro Berti and published
in Florence in 1864. Following this, it was
revised and enlarged in Volume IV of "Gli
Archivio della Storia D'Italia" (The Archives
of the History of Italy),
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a
work by Giuseppe Mazzatinti, published in 1904
at Rocca di S.Casciano. At the moment
new cataloguing is being done on the parts relating to correspondence.
The parchments, the medieval parts, have been completed
re-copied and listed in 2002 in the thesis by Maria
Chiara Lorenzini B.A. and Chiara Vichi B.A. with
the relative Professor Silio P.P. Scalfati for the University
of Pisa.
The files
contain letters, correspondence, noted manuscripts, reports
and various documents relating to Italian and European history
principally of the 16th and 17th Century, mainly of various
engagements and offices held by Vescovo Anton
Maria Graziani.
The parchments embrace
a time period which starts from the beginning in 1204 until
the end of the 18th Century. The medieval part,
that until 1492, shows principally the private deeds
and relative heirs of the Graziani family and local
history of Borgo Sansepolcro. The modern part, as well
as
The Graziani's and local history, relates to deeds and
documents of great interest concerning European politics
of the 16th and 17th Centuries.
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| Graziani
Library |
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The
library, still being
studied for great historical interest,
is composed of nearly 2000 examples in sheet
style in the 4th and 8th Centuries. It consists of
3 incunable (15th Century), 732 of 5th Century,
499 volumes of 6th Century and 190 of the 7th Century.
All relating principally to classical, legal and
religious manuscripts.
The first general cataloguing
of the library was carried out in 1997/98
by Professor Alberto Petrucciani for the University
of Pisa along with students from the course of
economy.
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A
complete cataloguing, relating to 5th Century in
4° and the incunable, was carried out by Michela Corsini
B.A. in 1998, as part of her thesis, with the guide
of Professor Petrucciani.
The 5th Century in paper, have been completely catalogued
in 2002 with apprenticeship of Benedetta Fiorini.
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