The IRIS libraries

• Berenson Library - Villa I Tatti
• Libraries of the Gallerie degli Uffizi
  • Library of the Uffizi
  • Library of the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe
  • Library of the Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti)
  • Library of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna (Palazzo Pitti)
  • Library of the Galleria del Costume (Palazzo Pitti)
• Library of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello
• Library of the Dutch University Institute for Art History
• Library of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento
• The «U. Procacci» Library - Opificio delle Pietre Dure
• The Leonardiana Library - Vinci

The IRIS project

The IRIS Consortium, founded in 1993, is an association of Florentine area art history and humanities libraries consisting today of six members. The founding members are: the Berenson Library (Villa I Tatti - The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies), the Library of the Dutch University Institute for Art History, the Library of the Uffizi (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Ex SSPSAE Firenze), and the Library of the Fondazione di Studi di Storia dell'Arte Roberto Longhi (1993-2015). The consortium has expanded with the arrival of the Library of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento (1997), the «Ugo Procacci» Library of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure (1999), the Leonardiana Library at Vinci (2007) and the Library of the Museo Nazionale del Bargello (2017).

The member institutes have joined together to create a union catalog (a shared bibliographic database) available in Internet to scholars all over the world. The IRIS catalog, by virtue of the highly specialized nature of these institute libraries, offers a resource unique in its richness, focussing on the Italian Renaissance, its art history (including material on the conservation and restoration of art objects), its history, literature, philosophy, political thought, science and music.
The IRIS Consortium is headquartered at the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento, in the historic Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy.

• Other resources

  • Art Discovery Group Catalogue
  • Internet Culturale
  • SBART - Sistema Bibliotecario Atenei Regione Toscana
  • BNCF - Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze
  • OPAC SBN - Catalog of National Library Service
  • EDIT 16 - The Census of Italian 16th Century Editions
  • MAI - MetaOPAC Azalai Italiano
  • Univ. degli Studi di Firenze - Sistema Bibliotecario d'Ateneo
  • Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
  • European University Institute - Library
  • Museo Galileo - Florence
  • The Library of the Scuola Normale Superiore
  • URBS - Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche
  • URBiS Library Network

• • The Library of Congress online Catalog
  • The British Library
  • BnF - Bibliothéque nationale de France
  • HOLLIS - Harvard On Line Library Information System
  • Library of the Universiteit van Amsterdam
  • Utrecht University Library
  • KVK - Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog
  • The Warburg Institute Library
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  • ITALE - Association of Italian Ex-Libris Users
  • IGeLU - The International Group of Ex Libris Users
  • AIB - Italian Library Association
  • SRS - Society for Renaissance Studies
  • RSA - The Renaissance Society of America