The Laurentian Library, whose core collection is the Medici’s private library (now, belonging to the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali), contains a repository of more than 11,000 manuscripts 2,500 papyri, 43 ostraka, 566 incunabula, 1,681 sixteenth century printed books, 592 periodicals on related subjects and a total of 126,527 books dating from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. The exceptional character of the collections can be attributed to the fact that the manuscripts and books have been chosen for their age, textual worth and beauty. For information (e.g. regarding access, opening hours, catalog, etc.) please consult the Laurenziana's homepage. The Accademia Fiorentina di Papirologia e di Studi sul Mondo Antico has made a collection of the Laurenziana's literary papyri accessible online.
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