The article examines the way the Keeper of the Library of St Mark, Jacopo Morelli, managed to defend the library as much as he could under three different governments: Venetian, French and Austrian. Morelli collaborates with the representatives of each government while seeking to secure the most precious treasures of "his" library and obtain a selectio of manuscripts and books from the secularized religious houses thus exceedingly incrementing the number of volumes of the Library of St Mark.

The dissolution of the Venetian religious houses and the keeper of the library of St Mark, Jacopo Morelli, under Venetian, French, and Austrian governments (1768-1819)

Dorit Raines
2022-01-01

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The article examines the way the Keeper of the Library of St Mark, Jacopo Morelli, managed to defend the library as much as he could under three different governments: Venetian, French and Austrian. Morelli collaborates with the representatives of each government while seeking to secure the most precious treasures of "his" library and obtain a selectio of manuscripts and books from the secularized religious houses thus exceedingly incrementing the number of volumes of the Library of St Mark.
2022
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