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Once the Foundation's headquarters building
had been restored, all the documentary, bibliographic
and iconographic collections were installed
in what had previously been the refectory and
the chapter house of the Hospital de los Venerables.
This unique, comfortable, well-lit area is now
home to an extensive collection of books, including
around six thousand five hundred titles ranging
from the 16th century to the 20th century, all
with something in common: they are either related
to the history of Seville and the surrounding
area or they are written by Sevillian authors.
The Foundation is always on the watch for new
acquisitions among publishing houses' new releases
and antique bookshop catalogues and for institutional
exchange opportunities. With such new additions
to its collection, the Foundation seeks to build
up an important centre of documents and publications
on Seville and to offer society yet another
cultural service. The fully computerized library
is open to both researchers and students, and
the Foundation aims to reinforce its cultural
profitability and establish a raison d'être
for the expansion and upkeep of its already
extensive and valuable collection. For this
reason, the Foundation has decided to broaden
the online availability of its collection. Using
the URL www.3000info.es/opacfocus or simply
by visiting the Foundation's web site at www.focus.abengoa.es,
users can access any of the volumes kept in
the library. The Biblio 3000 programme provides
multiple search facilities, through the online
public access catalogue (OPAC), using different
fields including author, title, subject, date
of publication, publisher, UDC (universal decimal
classification), or catalogue number. It is
also possible to select different comparison
operators and to refine the search by using
more than one criterion in a single search operation
or to limit the search by selecting the desired
publication format. There is no doubt that with
these new dynamic, digitalised and computerised
facilities, the library has greatly broadened
its dissemination capacity.
Some of the most significant new acquisitions
this year are:
Ordenanças de Seuilla: que por su original,
son aora (sic) nueuamente impressas, con licencia
del Señor assistente, Por Andres Grande,
Impressor de libros, Año de mil y seyscientos
y treynta y dos: recopilación de las
ordenanças de la muy noble y muy leal
cibdad de Seuilla: de todas las leyes y ordenamientos
antiguos y modernos, cartas y prouisiones reales
This compilation of ordinances of the city of
Seville was printed in 1632 in folio size (29
cm) and contains 251 sheets. It retains its
original wooden binding covered with fine leather,
embossed with a floral design and featuring
simple metal clasps.
Reseña del homenaje que a Miguel de
Cervantes Saavedra con motivo del tercer Centenario
de la publicación del Quijote dedico
el Excmo. Ayuntamiento de Sevilla.
This tribute to Miguel de Cervantes by the Town
Hall of Seville on the occasion of the third
centenary of the publication of Don Quixote
was published in Seville by the Revista de Tribunales
Typographical Establishment in 1905. Some of
the pages remain uncut. 63 pages, 23 cm.
This manuscript dating from the 19th century
is an album containing a compilation of letters,
poems, musical scores, plates, drawings, etc.
by various authors, including Espronceda, Alberto
Lista, Duque de Rivas, Bermúdez de Castro,
Antonio Mercé, Van Hallen, Martín
Fernández Navarrete, etc. The first document
is a farewell letter from Juan Cayetano Losada,
chaplain of the Virgen del Carmen, to María
Encarnación Murso, dated 18 October 1838
in Madrid, and the last is a series of random
thoughts, which finishes: Si a mi me tocase
escrivir (sic) en la última página
de un álbum, pondría estas sencillas
palabras, "El primer album es como el primer
amor" (If I had to write something on the
last page of an album, I would put these simple
words: "A first album is like a first love"),
dated September 1843 in Murcia. It retains its
original board binding embossed with geometric
designs around a central rhombus.
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