Vatican Library

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The Vatican Library is the Holy See’s renowned research library in Vatican City, housing one of the world’s most important collections of manuscripts, rare books, and historical documents.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic library
cultural institution
library
national library
research library
accessPolicy primarily for qualified researchers and scholars
affiliation Holy See
alsoKnownAs Vatican Library
surface form: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana

Vatican Library
surface form: Vatican Apostolic Library
collectionFocus Catholic Church history
Christianity
Renaissance humanism
classical antiquity
collectionSize over 1.1 million printed books
over 8,000 incunabula
over 80,000 manuscripts
tens of thousands of archival documents
collectionType art history
canon law
classical studies
history
humanities
philosophy
theology
country Vatican City
digitizationProgram Vatican Library digitization project
foundedBy Pope Nicholas V
governedBy Prefect of the Vatican Apostolic Library
hasCollection coins and medals
historical documents
incunabula
manuscripts
maps
prints and drawings
rare books
hasPart Vatican Library self-linksurface differs
surface form: Vatican Film Library (microfilm collections)

Vatican School of Library Science
hasWebsite https://www.vaticanlibrary.va
heritageStatus one of the world’s most important collections of manuscripts
one of the world’s oldest libraries
inception 15th century
languageOfMaterial Greek
Hebrew
Italian
Latin
multiple languages
locatedIn Apostolic Palace
Vatican City
near the Vatican Museums
ownedBy Holy See
partOf Roman Curia

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Vatican City institutions includes Vatican Library
this entity surface form: Vatican Apostolic Library
Johann Joachim Winckelmann employer Vatican Library
Pope Sixtus IV strengthened Vatican Library
Renaissance papacy majorBuildingProject Vatican Library
Vatican Library alsoKnownAs Vatican Library
this entity surface form: Vatican Apostolic Library
Vatican Library alsoKnownAs Vatican Library
this entity surface form: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana
Vatican Library hasPart Vatican Library self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Vatican Film Library (microfilm collections)
Pope Nicholas V founded Vatican Library
Church of the Holy Spirit, Heidelberg contained Vatican Library
this entity surface form: Bibliotheca Palatina
Vatican Sayings preservedAt Vatican Library