Rare documents of Dominican friars and of St. Thomas Aquinas in the exhibition The Treasures of Paper in San Domenico Maggiore in Naples
Il Complex of San Domenico Maggiore, located inhomonymous square of the historical center of Naples, has set up an interesting exhibition in which you can admire rare paper documents that belonged to the Dominican friars. Is titled "The treasures of paper in San Domenico Maggiore"And started on 1 April to end on 30 June 2017.
An exhibition conceived and commissioned by the friars of the Church themselves, curated by the head of the Dominican Library, Fr. Gerardo Imbriani in collaboration with the Opera San Domenico Maggiore Onlus and the San Bonaventura cultural association. Important exhibits will be exhibited in the exhibition documents written between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries by the Dominican friars, who remained about Xnumx years in Naples.
It was set up in the "corridor of St. Thomas“, Where still today there are the preaching friars, and is part of the path of the Doma, that is the permanent collection of the Church. It will allow enthusiasts and scholars to view really rare or even unique pieces, between incunabula, choral and documents of various kinds. Some of them have never been shown in public, because of the risk of ruining them because they are very fragile and delicate.
The documents on display
Among the most important documents present in the exhibition are the Bull of proclamation to Doctor of the Church of San Tommaso d'Aquino, signed by the Dominican Pope San Pio V and by San Carlo Borromeo. Furthermore, a page from the Breviary of San Domenico which, together with the Bull, comes from the Dominican Archives and Library. There will also be rare examples of Cinquecentine kept in the Library collection. There will also be the Fragment of the Comment by Tommaso d'Aquino to the III Book of Sentences which was part of the Vatican Latin Code 9851, considered for the most part autograph.
Workshops for schools
School groups will also have the opportunity to visit the exhibition and learn more about the importance of the documents on display, especially thanks to the guide of art historians specialized in teaching and communication.
Information on Paper Treasures
When: from the April 1 to the 30 June 2017
Where: Church of San Domenico Maggiore, Piazza di San Domenico Maggiore 8a
Price: 7 euros, includes a visit to the Sacristy, the Hall of sacred furnishings and the cell of San Tommaso d'Aquino
Timetables:
April
Monday to Friday - 10.00 - 13.00 / 16.00 - 18.00
Saturday and Sunday - 9.30am - 18.00pm
May and June
every day, 9.30am - 18.00pm
