Cathedral Library, Vercelli

E117513

ecclesiastical library research library

The Cathedral Library in Vercelli is an Italian ecclesiastical library renowned for preserving important medieval manuscripts, including one of the earliest surviving records of Old English religious poetry.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Vercelli Cathedral	2
Biblioteca Capitolare of Vercelli	1
Cathedral Library, Vercelli canonical	1
Vercelli Cathedral complex	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical library ⓘ research library ⓘ
affiliation	Diocese of Vercelli ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
associatedWith	Cathedral Library, Vercelli self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vercelli Cathedral chapter of Vercelli Cathedral ⓘ
collectionType	early printed books ⓘ ecclesiastical documents ⓘ incunabula ⓘ medieval manuscripts ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
eraOfMajorHoldings	Middle Ages ⓘ
hasCollection	biblical manuscripts ⓘ canon law texts ⓘ liturgical manuscripts ⓘ local ecclesiastical records ⓘ patristic texts ⓘ
hasManuscriptGenre	devotional literature ⓘ homiletic texts ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ saints' lives ⓘ sermons ⓘ
heritageStatus	important repository of medieval European culture ⓘ
holds	Vercelli Book ⓘ
languageOfNotableManuscripts	Italian ⓘ Latin ⓘ Old English ⓘ
locatedIn	Piedmont ⓘ Vercelli ⓘ Cathedral Library, Vercelli self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Vercelli Cathedral complex
notableFor	holding one of the earliest surviving records of Old English religious poetry ⓘ preservation of important medieval manuscripts ⓘ
notableItem	Vercelli Book ⓘ surface form: Vercelli Book, a major Old English manuscript
primaryFunction	preservation of ecclesiastical and medieval written heritage ⓘ support of theological and historical research ⓘ
regionServed	Diocese of Vercelli ⓘ scholars of medieval literature ⓘ
religiousDenomination	Roman Catholic ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
subjectArea	church history ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ philology ⓘ theology ⓘ

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Subject: Cathedral Library, Vercelli
Description of subject: The Cathedral Library in Vercelli is an Italian ecclesiastical library renowned for preserving important medieval manuscripts, including one of the earliest surviving records of Old English religious poetry.

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Dream of the Rood → manuscriptRepository → Cathedral Library, Vercelli ⓘ

Cathedral Library, Vercelli → locatedIn → Cathedral Library, Vercelli self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vercelli Cathedral complex

Cathedral Library, Vercelli → associatedWith → Cathedral Library, Vercelli self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vercelli Cathedral

Vercelli Book → housedAt → Cathedral Library, Vercelli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Biblioteca Capitolare of Vercelli

Vercelli → hasReligiousBuilding → Cathedral Library, Vercelli ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vercelli Cathedral