Biblioteca Vallicelliana
| Vallicelliana Library | |
|---|---|
| Biblioteca Vallicelliana | |
Domenico Barrière, Façade of the Oratorio dei Filippini, 1658 for Roma ricercata nel suo sito | |
| 41°53′54″N 12°28′11″E / 41.89829219483768°N 12.469766463470876°E | |
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Established | 1569 |
| Collection | |
| Size | 289,859 item (2019), 3,191 item (2019), 159,139 item (2020), 159,490 item (2021), 273,673 volume, 435 item |
The Biblioteca Vallicelliana is a library in Rome, Italy. The library is located in the Oratorio dei Filippini complex built by Francesco Borromini in Piazza della Chiesa Nuova.
The library holds about 130,000 volumes of manuscripts, incunabula, and books. Among these, there are about 3,000 manuscripts written in Latin and Greek, including a Bible which belonged to Alcuin dating to the 9th century and a lectionary from the 12th century. The library holds documents from the time of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.