What remains of the statue's original setting are mostly two putti above the niche in the staircase. As this is now outside the library's limits, it is only accessible via the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Collection Today the Library's collection contains approximately 400,000 volumes, about 6,000 manuscripts and 2,200 incunabula. An inscription records the formal permission of Clement XI to collect books by heretical authors. The Casanatense still preserves 1125 manuscript volumes of opinions, reports, and statements (voti, relazioni, posizioni) concerning matters treated in the various Congregations to which Casanate belonged. His curial duties did not prevent him from taking an interest in letters and the sciences. He was on friendly terms and corresponded with the learned men of his day. Among those whom he encouraged most was Lorenzo Alessandro Zaccagni, whom he induced to publish a collection of materials for the ancient history of the Greek and Latin Churches, Collectanea monumentorum veterum Ecclesiæ græcæ et latinæ Amongst the library's possessions are 64 Greek codices (15 of them the gift of Casanate), and 230 Hebrew texts (rolls and books), among which are 5 Samaritan codices. It holds medieval manuscripts, including biblical manuscripts (e.g. Minuscule 395). There is a total of 2036 (books printed before 1500). There is also a large collection of Roman governmental proclamations (bandi, editti) from 1500 to 1870, and comedies of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. References Attribution Further reading Cavarra, A. A. ed. Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma. Guida breve, Firenze, Nardini, 2005. De Gregorio, V. La Biblioteca Casanatense di Roma, Napoli 1993 De Gregorio, V. Casanatense e dintorni..., Napoli 1997. Moricca Caputo, A. Catalogo dei manoscritti della Biblioteca Casanatense, Roma, 1949 Panetta, M. La "libraria" di Mattia Casanate, Roma, Bulzoni, 1988 External links Biblioteca Casanatense official website Biblioteca Casanatense at the Fondazione Istituto Internazionale Direttori della Biblioteca Casanatense di Roma Libraries in Rome Libraries established in 1701 Rome R. IX Pigna 1701 establishments in the Papal States 1701 establishments in Italy