The library now contains some 12,000 drawings by European artists, from the 14th through the 19th centuries, which have come from the collections of a wide range of patrons and artists, academicians, collectors, art dealers, and architects. Shortly after the cardinal's death, his library acquired twelve manuscripts of Leonardo da Vinci, including the Codex Atlanticus. Borromeo intended an academy (which opened in 1625) and a collection of pictures, for which a new building was initiated in 1611–18 to house the Cardinal's paintings and drawings, the nucleus of the Pinacoteca.Ĭardinal Borromeo gave his collection of paintings and drawings to the library, too. A printing press was attached to the library, and a school for instruction in the classical languages.Ĭonstant acquisitions, soon augmented by bequests, required enlargement of the space. One innovation was that its books were housed in cases ranged along the walls, rather than chained to reading tables, the latter a medieval practice seen still today in the Laurentian Library of Florence. When its first reading room, the Sala Fredericiana, opened to the public on 8 December 1609 it was one of the earliest public libraries. To house the cardinal's 15,000 manuscripts and twice that many printed books, construction began in 1603 under designs and direction of Lelio Buzzi and Francesco Maria Richini. (Be aware that-unfortunately-you cannot remotely access ebooks from other CUNY campuses.Leonardo da Vinci Crossbow sketch, Codex Atlanticusĭuring Cardinal Borromeo's sojourns in Rome, 1585––1601, he envisioned developing this library in Milan as one open to scholars and that would serve as a bulwark of Catholic scholarship in the service of the Counter-Reformation against the treatises issuing from Protestant presses. Delivery generally takes 4-7 business days, so if you need the book sooner than that, you might consider going in person to the other CUNY library instead. You will receive an email when the book is available for pick-up at the Cooperman Library Circulation Desk. Search for the title you want in "all CUNY Libraries" in OneSearch, click on the title, sign in with your CUNY login credentials, and follow the prompts to place a request. You can also request that books from other CUNY Libraries be delivered to you at Hunter through our CLICSservice: If you have plans to visit another CUNY library, contact them in advance to verify that you can enter the campus and library with a current Hunter ID) ( 2021/2022 update: Note that COVID protocols may limit access to some CUNY campuses. With a Hunter OneCard, current students, faculty, and staff can visit and check out books from any CUNY library except the School of Law. To take a book home with you, bring it to the Circulation Desk near the 3rd floor exit of Cooperman Library and check it out using your OneCard. Most books on language and literature have a call number beginning with P, and are located on level B2 of Cooperman Library. Copy the call number down from OneSearch, then check this list to see which floor the book is on based on the first letter in the call number. To locate a print book on the shelf at Cooperman Library, you will need the book's call number, a unique number that identifies that book. How to Locate Print Books in Cooperman Library Click on the green "apply filters" button.Click on the check mark next to "Full Text Online" (in the "Limit to" section).Click on the check marks next to "Books" and "Book chapters" (in the "Resource Type" section).When you receive the search results, locate the filters on the left side of the screen.Type your search terms into the main OneSearch bar or the advanced search menu and click the search button.After searching, you can use the filters on the right side of the screen to limit your results by date, resource type (select "books" and "book chapters"), subject, and other categories.Ĭlick on the green "full text available" link, then click on the database link on the following screen. In OneSearch, search for a book by title, author, or subject by typing those into the search bar or using the advanced search feature. You can search for print (hard copy) books and ebooks at Hunter using the OneSearchtool.
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