The earthquakes have damaged many of the archives and libraries in Umbria
and volunteer help is sought in the rescue work in places like Assisi,
Foligno, Nocera, Spoleto, Perugia, Spelo. It is cold, there is snow on the
mountains, and the books are being taken outdoors and dusted off in the
piazzas. If you come, I'd suggest you invest in the very expensive, very
thin, pure wool, long sleeved undervests sold in the mercerias here, which
really do keep one warm. From the accounts of the damage, one can tell which
are the hardest hit. Mercifully the Clarissans' library in Assisi is only
slightly damaged. Also encourage the handcraft skills (exquisite weaving as
in the Ghirlandaio Last Suppers, embroidery, ceramics) still practised in
Umbria lest these too be lost with the relocation of earthquake victims. To
preserve these can be both therapy and sustenance for the victims. If you
come, I'd suggest you initially invest (pun intended) in the very
expensive-but-worth-it, very thin, pure wool undervests sold in the
mercerias here which really do keep one warm and were designed for the days
before central heating came to Italy. In the Umbria earthquake region it is
only safe now living outdoors in the bitter cold.
For the archival work, contact
il Presidente Regionale Andrea Capaccioni.
Sez. AIB-Umbria
c/o Biblioteca Universita' per Stranieri di Perugia
piazza Fortebraccio, 4
I - 06122 PERUGIA
tel. 075-5746283
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For contributions for the Terramotati, those made homeless by the
earthquakes, or for the Basilica of San Francesco, which has grave
structural damage, and its frescoes, to
Minister Generalis,
Ordinis Fratrum Minorum Conventualium
Piazza SS. Apostoli 51
00187 ROMA, ITALY
Blessings,
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Julia Bolton Holloway
via del Partigiano 16, Montebeni, 50014 FIESOLE, ITALY
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Wherefore it behovyth nedys to be that alle hevyn alle erth shalle tremylle
and quake whan the pillers shall tremylle and quake.
Julian of Norwich, Paris Manuscript, fol. 158v.
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