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Francesco Granata, 1704-1771. Storia Civile della fedelissima
citta de Capua..., Naples: Stamperia Muziana, 1756. From the
online catalog: "Dedication, with the double coat-of-arms
of the City of Capua. The shield with the seven vipers reminds
us of the city's ancient Oscian origins, when Capua was the
capital of 'Campania Felix.' The shield showing a golden cross
in a red field symbolizes the Christian faith of the Langobards
who later settled in the city."
A group of librarians from Campania, a region south of Rome,
spent a week at the Library in November, learning how digital
library initiatives can be used to highlight the special resources
at their libraries and how to generate funding to sustain them.
Organized by Prof. Roberto Severino of the Italian Department,
the program of workshops began with a consideration of lessons
learned from the launching of Digital
Georgetown (http://digital.georgetown.
edu/) and with a tour of the Gelardin Center, followed by a
demonstration
on digitizing text and images. In conjunction with the visit,
Lauinger Special Collections hosted the opening of an exhibit
entitled "Campania: Land of Myth and History." The
exhibit included resources shipped from Campania and was supplemented
by resources from Lauinger's Special Collections and from Woodstock
Library. The exhibit is online and can be viewed at www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/
campania/.
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