Con carta e penna. Monasteri aperti 2021

Con carta e penna. Manuscripts from the San Pietro di Modena Library from the 16th to the 20th century

Readings by Chiara Reatti and Paolo Tinti, University of Bologna

Singing by Dom Fabio Brancolini OSB

The ancient Abbey Library holds precious manuscripts, including autographs, and illuminated manuscripts, produced with paper, parchment and ink from the 16th to the 20th century. Witnesses of spirituality, historical scholarship and passion for literature, they are largely survivors of the troubled events related to the suppressions and requisitions of post-unification Italy, collected by illustrious personalities of the monastery, such as Giovanni Castagna. Together with the visitors and visitors, we leaf through the cards of these silent monuments of faith and culture, including choirs, liturgical texts and poetic collections, letting ourselves be guided on a journey to discover the life of the Benedictine community of Modena. From the liturgical manuscripts, illustrated in the sixteenth-century choir of the Basilica thanks to the collaboration with Don Fabio Brancolini OSB, the journey to the unexplored library of the Monastery will touch Cesare Campori's autographs, poetic collections, lives of saints and blessed, theatrical texts and much more.

Reservation required (maximum 20 people per group)

Minimum free offer € 5.

Monasteri Aperti is an initiative promoted by Apt Servizi Emilia-Romagna, in collaboration with the Episcopal Conference of the Emilia-Romagna Region and the Circuito dei Cammini dell'Emilia-Romagna, with the patronage of the National Office for the Pastoral Care of Free Time, Tourism and Sport of the CEI, to know and promote the cultural, historical and religious heritage of the area.