Opera del Vocabolario Italiano

Istituto del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche

Opera del Vocabolario Italiano

The OVI (Opera del Vocabolario Italiano) is a  C​NR Institute  whose main aim is to compile an Historical Dictionary of the Italian Language.  The Institute is located in Florence, at the  Accademia della Crusca .

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Who we are

The Opera del Vocabolario Italiano (OVI) is the institute of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) responsible for the development of the Historical Dictionary of the Italian language. 
The project was launched In 1965 by the Accademia della Crusca – where the Institute is located - and funded by the Italian National Research Council (CNR). 
At present, OVI’s activities are focused on the implementation and online publication of the Tesoro della Lingua Italiana delle Origini (TLIO) and of the textual corpus of early Italian. 
OVI also develops and provides advanced lexicographic software. 
It is a landmark, in Italy and worldwide, in the study of early Italian.  

URT in Pisa

From March 2020, OVI has activated a  Third Parties Research Unit (URT) at the Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa.

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