25-08-2020, 08:15 PM
After the unification of Italy, the new government (after 1870) wanted to establish a national library that could rival with those in London (library of the British Museum) and Paris (Bibliotheque Nationale).
They considered that this could be established by confiscating the very rich libraries of the various monastic orders in the city. This turned out not to be so easy, and large collections of books from various libraries were 'moved away' to prevent this confiscation.
What happened here is largely unclear, and who knows if important collections were lost in this process.
The Voynich MS was just one MS that was caught in the middle of all of this.
This may not be interesting to the majority of people interested in the Voynich MS, but it is a part of history that deserves study, and is indeed studied actively by different groups.
They considered that this could be established by confiscating the very rich libraries of the various monastic orders in the city. This turned out not to be so easy, and large collections of books from various libraries were 'moved away' to prevent this confiscation.
What happened here is largely unclear, and who knows if important collections were lost in this process.
The Voynich MS was just one MS that was caught in the middle of all of this.
This may not be interesting to the majority of people interested in the Voynich MS, but it is a part of history that deserves study, and is indeed studied actively by different groups.
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