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acknowledgement of the valuable donations that the patron had made to the city of
Caltanissetta with democratic spirit. Among the books donated by Luciano Scarabelli those he received as gifts from the personal library of his teacher Piero Giordano should be mentioned. In fact, Piero Giordano gave his books to Luciano Scarabelli provided he would read, study and the donate them to someone who needed it.
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Scarabelli Library could beneficiate of books arrived from various religious congregations. 12,367 books have this origin and today it is difficult to assign each book to the congregation from which it came. These books were collected in the old fun by the librarian Manasia.
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The most important donation is that of the scholarly
Luciano Scarabelli, professor of Aesthetics at the University of Bologna. Between 1862 and 1875 he donated more than 2,500 volumes to the library with several consignments. The town council decided to give his name to the library on 12 May 1882 in
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In fact, 1469 volumes from the
Jesuits became part of the library fund only in 1889 after being eventually found under the roof of the Sant'Agata Church adjacent to the library building. The books had been hidden there to avoid the seizure when the Jesuits left in 1860 when
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The library, up to 2009, has a heritage of 142.166 volumes, 69 journals and 281 manuscripts. Moreover, it has a collection of historic works that comprises 1.042 works of the 1500s, 11 philosophical and religious incunabula dated 1476-1496 (one of these is linked to
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Despite the resistance of many religious orders and the bishop of that time, many sustained the initiative donating volumes accordingly to their social prestige. Among the most important donations the following stand out those by:
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on 12 May 1882 because of his enlightened generosity. He donated many volumes to which were added to books and archives derived from religious orders in the area, that had undergone suppression over the past decades.
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Vincenzo Polizzi in 1868 and the former jesuit Vincenzo Caprera in 1869-1870, simply collected the books which arrived in the library because of the ministerial decree of 9 October 1867.
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The heritages of several private individuals have been collected in the library. Many collections have consequently been created, many organised by subject, others by historical relevance:
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The books were delivered to the library through the intercession of the
Minister of Education Boselli who knew the library well and appreciated it.
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collection (Literature), containing books that
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came from the convent in Contrada Pigni, established in 1540, which became the Vittorio Emanuele II Hospital in 1905.
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Scarabelli collection, one of the most important for its size with over 2500 volumes;
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