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Manuscripts in the Biblioteca Marciana
The catalogues of the library, compiled by Antonio Maria Zanetti and Antonio Bongiovanni and published in 1740 and 1741
The collection of the Marciana Library contains 4,639 manuscripts and 13,117 manuscript volumes.[1] Its historical nucleus is the private collection of Cardinal Bessarion, which was donated to the Republic of Venice in 1468.