Biblioteca Berenson
http://itatti.harvard.edu/berenson-library
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| Berenson Library |
| Villa I Tatti Library |
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| Address: | Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies, Via di Vincigliata, 26, 50135 Florence, Italy |
| Access Information: | The Berenson Library is a research facility whose primary mission is to support the research needs of current appointees of Villa I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies and, secondarily, of former I Tatti appointees and the Harvard University community. The Berenson Library also welcomes other qualified scholars holding at least the Master’s degree or its equivalent, who may apply for a reader's card valid for one year and renewable without limit. Exceptions for students or others may be made only on written request to the Head Librarian. In these cases admittance will be granted for a maximum of two months or ten visits. Researchers unaffiliated with I Tatti or who do not hold a valid Harvard University ID should present a letter of introduction or, if a university professor, current faculty identification. |
| Circulation Policy: | Books and other materials held by the Berenson Library may be borrowed for varying lengths of time, but they must be consulted on site. No materials of any kind are ever to be removed from the main complex of the Library, studies, and Villa. Harvard affiliates may borrow most items for four months, and other patrons for 28 days. |
| Holdings Description: | Summary description of collection: The Biblioteca Berenson offers comprehensive interdisciplinary resources for the study of late medieval and early modern Italy (ca. 1200-1650), and includes coverage of related fields such as classical and medieval studies, cultures around the Mediterranean, and Renaissance Europe and beyond. The library holds an important photograph archive that is wide-ranging in scope but focuses mainly on Renaissance Italian art, especially painting and drawing. It also has a small archive of manuscript collections of individuals and institutions of the twentieth century, including the extensive papers of Bernard and Mary Berenson.
Size of collection: Approximately 170,000 volumes and pamphlets, 640 currently received periodicals, 37,000 microforms, 1,700 sound recordings, 300,000 photographs, 15,000 art auction catalogs.
Expanded description of collection: The collection focuses on the history, fine and applied arts, music, literature, science, religion, and philosophy of Italy from circa 1200 to 1650, with substantial sections in related areas of classical studies, medieval studies, the Mediterranean region, and Renaissance Europe. Special collections include the Morrill Music Library, which holds a large collection of published scores and early music manuscripts on microfilm; the Photograph Archive, especially strong on Italian painting and drawing from 1300 to 1550; the Oriental and Islamic Collection, centered on archaeology and the fine arts; some 15,000 art auction catalogues dating from the early nineteenth century and covering a wide range of fields. The Archive preserves the papers and correspondence of Bernard and Mary Berenson, in addition to papers of Giorgio Castellani, Kenneth Clark, Andrea Francalanci, Frederick Hartt, Giuseppe Marchini, Emilio Marcucci, Nicky Mariano, Roberto and Livia Papini, Valeria Piacentini, Stanislaus Eric Stenbock, and extensive documents of the Committee to Rescue Italian Art (1966).
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| Services: | Equipment and facilities available: Cassette player, CD-audio player, slide projector/table/viewer, several microform readers and printers, a microform scanner-printer, two black-and-white photocopier/scanners (card or code operated).
ILL Policy: The library does not lend to Harvard or other libraries, but will provide photocopies or electronic documents whenever possible. Only current I Tatti appointees and other library patrons who are Harvard affiliates with an active HUID may request materials that are not held at the Berenson Library through Interlibrary Loan (ILL).
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| Resources for Persons with Disabilities: | Most of the library is wheelchair accessible. |
| Link to Staff Directory: | http://itatti.harvard.edu/community/staff-list |
| Directions: | For directions to Villa I Tatti, located just outside of Florence, Italy, see the research center's website (http://itatti.harvard.edu/i-tatti-glance/contact-us/map-directions). |
| Link to map: | View Map |
| Faculty (School) Affiliation: | Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies |
| Regular Term Hours | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| closed | 9am - 6pm | 9am - 6pm | 9am - 6pm | 9am - 6pm | 9am - 6pm | closed |
| Exceptions to Regular Hours | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| Winter recess (Dec 24, 2010 - Jan 2, 2011) | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed |
| Italian public holiday (Epiphany) (Jan 6, 2011) | | | | | closed | | |
| Italian public holiday (Liberation Day) (Apr 25, 2011) | | closed | | | | | |
| Italian public holiday (Republic Day) (Jun 2, 2011) | | | | | closed | | |
| Florentine public holiday (S. Giovanni) (Jun 24, 2011) | | | | | | closed | |
| Summer recess (Aug 1 - Aug 31, 2011) | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed |
| Thanksgiving (Nov 24, 2011) | | | | | 9am - 1pm | | |
| Italian public holiday (Immaculate Conception) (Dec 8, 2011) | | | | | closed | | |
| Winter recess (Dec 24, 2011 - Jan 1, 2012) | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed |
For more hours information: http://itatti.harvard.edu/berenson-library/hours
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