The Project
I∙TAL∙YA Books aims to create one centralised catalogue of printed Hebrew book holdings from across Italy, to be used by scholars and researchers around the world.
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The entire catalogue will ultimately include an estimated 35,000 volumes from 14 Jewish communities and 25 state institutions across Italy
About us
This project is a unique collaboration between The Union of Italian Jewish Communities (UCEI), the National Central Library in Rome (BNCR) and the National Library of Israel, working together to create the unified catalogue of Hebrew printed books in Italy.
Participant Collection
The ITALYA Books project is a collaboration of many institutions and communities, who together have enabled us to accomplish this ambitious undertaking.
Catalogue
The core of the I-TAL-YA Books project is the searchable catalogue of printed books in Italy dating from the sixteenth century until approximately 1960, which is hosted by the National Central Library of Rome on their Biblioteca Digitale platform.
Stories
Printing of a Jewish book in 1551 caused religious strife and turmoil all over Italy
Printed in Rome, this book was once part of an Italian prince's library. Years later it made its…
Whether it is in school, yeshiva or university, the Gemara (Talmud) page looks exactly the same: Gemara text…
As many conversos began to return to their heritage after the Inquisition, several Jewish cultural books were translated…