{"id":73220,"date":"2021-05-20T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T10:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/maximus-family-fund\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T16:44:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:44:37","slug":"maximus-family-fund","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/bibliographic-collection\/antique-fund\/maximus-family-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximus Family Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"dt-pswp-item\" href=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-ritratto-Massimo.jpg\" data-dt-img-description=\"\" data-large_image_width=\"183\" data-large_image_height=\"249\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-72894 size-full\" title=\"Portrait of Camillus Charles Albert Maximus, 1836-1921\" src=\"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/1-ritratto-Massimo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"249\"><\/a>Part of the book collection that belonged to the Princes Maximus Family was acquired by the Angelica Library in Rome at the end of the 19th century, specifically between 1883 and 1884, through the interest of the then director, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aib.it\/aib\/stor\/bio\/novelli.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ettore Novelli<\/a>. It consists in particular of 171 manuscript and 428 printed works, book and documentary material relating to the 16th-19th centuries, particularly rare and valuable, interesting historical evidence of the social, political and cultural life of Rome. The oldest nucleus, about twenty manuscript works, come from the library of Cardinal Camillo II Massimo (1620-1677), a leading figure in the artistic and cultural scene of Baroque Rome, a passionate researcher of statues, epigraphs, coins, drawings and, of course, books.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Massimo Family Fund also includes, in addition to the books that had belonged to Cardinal Camillo, those texts that his descendants, who were passionate about artistic and medieval things and anything that could bring prestige to their family, had purchased at public auctions and from antiquarian booksellers in Rome and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bibliography:<br \/><em>From Palazzo Massimo to the Angelica<\/em>: Manuscripts and Printed Books of an Ancient Roman Family \u2013 Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, Angelica Library; edited by Nicoletta Muratore, Rome, Palombi 1997.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et-vb-row--no-module et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":73247,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_helpful_status":1,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"dsm_author":{"name":"Jessica","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/59fe3e4a1ff5f91f5c7e90d99308a262bce8d5179744863422dd80f9bf9545ee?s=96&d=mm&r=g","archive_link":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/author\/jessica\/","biodata":""},"dsm_categories":[],"dsm_attachment_categories":[],"dsm_featured_image":null,"dsm_comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73220"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":262493,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73220\/revisions\/262493"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bibliotecaangelica.cultura.gov.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}