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Our last stop, which was my favorite, was the library. Between 1140-1152
the Benedictines, and later Cistercians,
took great care in creating a place of learning. They carefully copied books by hand, especially those used for liturgical and spiritual purposes. Many of these handwritten manuscripts, copied on parchment, were later taken from the abbey. Around 1717 the monks again began to recopy these texts and also assembled journals of the 18th and 19th centuries.
It is fascinating to view these incredibly old manuscripts, protected under glass, and to imagine the dedication it took to replicate older documents and to create new ones. During the period when Italians fought to unify Italy, the monks would often need
to hide books and manuscripts in nearby homes which led to many being lost or damaged.
In 1873 the library contents, which numbered around 1,692 volumes, became state property. In 1907 the library fell under the auspices of the Ministry of Instruction although direct oversight was
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