Vatican Library

E115100

academic library cultural institution library national library research library

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research library in Vatican City, housing one of the world’s most important collections of manuscripts, rare books, and historical documents.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Vatican Library canonical	8
Vatican Apostolic Library	2
Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana	1
Bibliotheca Palatina	1
Vatican Film Library (microfilm collections)	1

Statements (51)

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hasCollection	coins and medals ⓘ historical documents ⓘ incunabula ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ maps ⓘ prints and drawings ⓘ rare books ⓘ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 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

De revolutionibus orbium coelestium → inLibraryOf → Vatican Library ⓘ

Gutenberg Bible copies → haveNotableCopyLocation → Vatican Library ⓘ

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 ⓘ

Herculaneum papyri fragments → currentLocation → Vatican Library ⓘ