I-TAL-YA Books

Revealing the rich legacy of Hebrew books in Italy

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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Our Goal

35,000

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.

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Participant Collection

The ITALYA Books project is a collaboration of many institutions and communities, who together have enabled us to accomplish this ambitious undertaking.

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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.

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Stories

07 Feb, 2021
Hebrew Books in Italy

A ground breaking collaborative effort to create a unified listing of all Hebrew books in Italy for the…

13 Feb, 2021
The Cooking Accident that Destroyed a Jewish Greek Community

A ground breaking collaborative effort to create a unified listing of all Hebrew books in Italy for the…

11 Apr, 2019
Meet the Oldest Printed Book in the National Library!

Printed in Rome, this book was once part of an Italian prince's library. Years later it made its…

09 Nov, 2017
The Jew Who Fought Against the Censors of the Inquisition

From a rare Jewish-Italian manuscript: An outraged letter from the Jews of Ferrara to the Inquisition authorities requesting…

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