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The gilded vault of the crypt
The Dove of the Holy Spirit
The gilded vault covered with mosaics
The long colonnade leading to the museum
The cloister of Sant’Anna
The smaller dome of the Basilica
A bronze crucifix
Ancient Corinthian capitals
The smaller dome of the Cathedral Basilica
Bronze bust of Abbot Ildefonso Rea
Bone casket
19th-century reliquary
14th-century reliquary box
Sketch Room
Fine bindings
Ivory binding
An 18th-century ‘Canon Missae’ missal.
The cover of a volume
Wooden statues
A 15th-century wooden sculpture of St Benedict.
Wooden statue of the Virgin and Child
Choir books
An ancient illuminated choir book,
A manuscript entitled “De universo seu De rerum naturis” by Rabanus Maurus
An ancient manuscript
Gallery of Drawings and Prints
Drawing of Montecassino
Sculptures, tabernacles and marble inlays
The museum steps
Ancient marble artefacts
18th-century marble decoration in the Basilica
Silk and gold embroidery
The white marble statue of a cherub
Liturgical vestments
Ancient mitres
Ivory croziers
Mitres and croziers
The small hexagonal chapel on a pastoral scene
Antique Neapolitan nativity scene
San Benedetto’s Treasure Chamber

A detail of the crypt’s gilded vault, with the dove – the symbol of the Holy Spirit – at its centre

The dove of the Holy Spirit, surrounded by the inscription ‘Veni sancte Spiritus, reple tuorum corda fidelium’, depicted in a mosaic on the vaulted ceiling of the Basilica’s crypt

The majestic golden vault covered in mosaics, created by the German school of Beuron in 1913

The long portico leading to the Museum

The small cloister of Sant’Anna and the portico on the right, in front of the museum entrance

The Basilica’s smaller dome, with its green cupola, as seen from the museum cloister

A bronze crucifix under the portico, in front of the museum entrance

Ancient Corinthian capitals discovered in the villas of the ancient Roman town of Casinum, located beneath the portico leading to the museum

A single-lancet window and the smaller dome of the Cathedral Basilica, as seen from the Sant’Anna cloister

Museum: a bronze half-bust of Abbot Ildefonso Rea, donated by the German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, by the sculptor Attilio Selva

Museum: bone casket, donated by Roberto Guiscardi on 1 October 1071

Museum: a reliquary from Germany dating from the 19th century

Museum: 14th-century reliquary box, made of copper and enamels.

Room L of the Museum, where the sketches are on display

Museum: the display cases housing a number of fine antique bookbindings

Museum: detail of a book binding in ivory, silver and enamel, dating from 1865 and from Paris

Museum: on the left, an 18th-century ‘Canon Missae’ missal from Naples; on the right, an 18th-century velvet and silver-bound volume from Rome

Museum: detail of the cover of a book binding depicting a bas-relief of a tree with an ox and a lamb, dating from the 18th century and originating from Rome

Wooden statues, located in Room C of the museum, dating from different periods and originating from various places, which were once displayed in rooms or chapels within the monastery

A 15th-century wooden sculpture of St Benedict, from Siena

A wooden statue of the Virgin and Child, dating from the 16th century, located in Room C of the museum, which is dedicated to wooden statues

A number of choir books, ancient manuscripts, are housed in a display case in the museum’s E Room

Detail from an ancient illuminated choir book, displayed in a showcase in Room E of the museum

An ancient manuscript featuring depictions of animals, entitled “De universo seu De rerum naturis” by Rabanus Maurus

An ancient manuscript housed in Room D of the museum

Room F of the museum: the drawings and prints gallery

Drawing depicting a view of Montecassino and San Germano, dating from the 18th century.

Sculptures, tabernacles and marble inlays from the Basilica, dating from the 18th century, in Room G of the museum

The museum’s staircase and some marble fragments from the 18th-century basilica.

Ancient marble artefacts, remains of the 18th-century basilica, in Room G of the museum

A large fragment of the Basilica’s 18th-century marble decoration

Detail of a silk and gold embroidery in Room N of the museum, depicting a vase of flowers

The centrepiece is a white marble statue of a cherub without wings, arms or legs, in Room N of the museum

Museum: on the right, a display case containing some ancient liturgical vestments, located in Room N

Museum: on the right, a display case containing a number of ancient mitres

Museum: detail of two finely decorated ivory crooks

Museum: display cases housing ancient mitres and croziers

Museum: the small hexagonal Gothic-style chapel at the centre of an ancient pastoral scene

Museum: antique nativity scene from the Neapolitan school

Museum: the San Benedetto treasure chamber, filled with crucifixes, chalices, ciboria, monstrances and thuribles

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