Between faith and science. Jesuit libraries in Europe in the age of Enlightenment. The cases of the Clementinum in Prague and the Zambeccari in Bologna

Abstract

The iconographic analysis and the comparison between the eighteenth-century decorative cycles in the Jesuit libraries in Prague and Bologna enabled to identify some elements that can enrich the debate about the controversial interests of the Society of Jesus in the scientific studies. From this aspect, the explicit mentions about Newton and Galileo, found in the Bolognese library, are