Abstract
This chapter describes the documentation of the Italian cultural heritage. Cataloguing applies to the entire existing cultural patrimony. It is a specialized intellectual activity whose purpose is not, however, purely academic. It also aims to improve planning and execution in all other spheres of curatorial activity, be it the legal/administrative side or the more technical side. These aims—and their integration with what can be defined as the national policy for cultural property—determine in a significant way the methods and procedures of cataloguing. As a general rule the actual work of cataloguing can be defined as—the detailed collection and verification of historical and philological data drawn from archival sources, from specialized bibliographies, and from new research undertaken by the same scholars who are entrusted with the cataloguing; ascertaining the situation regarding ownership of cultural property; determining the state of conservation of the cultural property and, as a result, indicating when conservation work is necessary.
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