The 18th century Academic Library, still has the original shelving, preserves rare books on humanistic, scientific, religious and technical culture; there are also resources from the 18th century, like the symbolic Encyclop\u00e9die<\/em> that in its livornese version was promoted in Cortona by Filippo Venuti, one of the founding members and promoter of the Accademia Etrusca.<\/p>\n The crest, placed above the fireplace, is that of the Accademia Etrusca: its symbology is clear: Apollo\u2019s tripod through which the Greek god provided an answer too the most obscure of questions associated with a motto drawn from Lucretius, obscura de re lucida pango<\/em> (From darkness I create light) and a snake, the symbol of inspiring wisdom, wrapped around it; the star is reminiscent of Electra, a lover of Jupiter that the latter turned into one of the Pleiades; Electra was the daughter of Atlas, the wife of mythical Coritus, king of Cortona, and mother of Dardanus founder of Troy; the crest is topped by a battlemented crown symbolizing the town of Cortona. These symbols strongly associate the Accademia to the town and the cultural mission envisaged by the founders.<\/p>\n