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Sistinehall
The main hall of the library

The Vatican Library is the library of the Holy See. Its official name is Vatican Apostolic Library (Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana). It was formally established in 1475. Its collections are very significant, it contains over 75,000 codices. There are over 150,000 manuscripts, and over 8,300 innucables. In total, there are over 2 million books and manuscripts. There is also a school for librarians, and a workshop to restore ancient tets and to create facsimile copies.

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  • HippolytusStatue

    Ancient Roman sculpture, maybe of Saint Hippolytus of Rome, found in 1551 at Via Tiburtina, Rome, and now at the Vatican Library

  • Milkau Biblioteca Vaticana - Bücherschrank 279-2

    Bookcase in the Vatican Library

  • Fortymartyrs

    A miniature from the Syriac Gospel Lectionary (Vat. Syr. 559), created ca. 1220 near Mosul and exhibiting a strong Islamic influence.

  • Sandro Botticelli - The Abyss of Hell - WGA02853

    The Abyss of Hell, coloured drawing on parchment by Sandro Botticelli (1480s)

  • The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library (2994335291)

    The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library.

  • Golden rose Biblioteca apostolica

    Golden Rose stored in the Vatican Library.

  • Plafond Sale Sistine - Salle des Archives pontificales (2)

    Ceiling fresco of the sistine hall, photograph by Jean-Pol Grandmont

  • Bible Persian Manuscript (14th century)

    Gospel of Matthew in Persian, the first Persian manuscript to enter the Vatican Library

  • Barbireau illum

    Manuscript page with the five-voice "Kyrie" of the Missa Virgo Parens Christi by Jacques Barbireau

  • Tavola di Velletri

    Mappamondo Borgiano, also known as "Tavola di Velletri", consisting of two copper tablets (1430)

  • Chronography of 354 Mensis Maius

    Month of May from in the Chronography of 354 by the 4th century kalligrapher Filocalus

  • Szent Imre legenda02

    Illumination from the legend of Sain Emerich of Hungary's, c. 1335

  • DavidGoliathBAVVatGr752Fol448v

    Battle between David and Goliath, Book of Psalms, c. 1059

  • Codexaureus 02

    The ivory panels from the back cover of Codex Aureus of Lorsch

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Biblioteca Apostólica Vaticana para niños

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