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    The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library...
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  • of Vatican City Roman Curia, the administrative apparatus of the Holy See Vatican Library Vatican Apostolic Archive Vatican Publishing House Vatican City...
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    over the centuries. Pope Paul V separated the Secret Archive from the Vatican Library, where scholars had some very limited access, and the archive remained...
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  • The Vatican Film Library is a film archive established in 1959 by Pope John XXIII. The collection comprises over 8,000 films including historic films,...
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    A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions...
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    Vatican City (/ˈvætɪkən/ ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked...
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    worldwide Catholic Church and sovereignty over the city-state known as the Vatican City. As the supreme body of government of the Catholic Church, the Holy...
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    Catholic Church and the Holy See, private and public chapels, Vatican Museums, and the Vatican Library, including the Sistine Chapel, Raphael Rooms, and Borgia...
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    Erasmus Roterodamus (known usually as Erasmus) and the prefects of the Vatican Library. Portions of the codex were collated by several scholars, but numerous...
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    flag of Vatican City was adopted in 1929, the year Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, creating the new independent state of Vatican City...
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    The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of Vatican City, enclave of Rome. They display works from the...
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    The Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State (Latin: Pontificia Commissio pro Civitate Vaticana, Italian: Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della...
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    The Vatican Obelisk is an Egyptian obelisk, one of the thirteen ancient obelisks of Rome, located in St. Peter's Square, in Vatican City. It is the only...
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    Apostolic Vatican Library]. Vat. Gr. 177. Late 13th century Milanesi (1996). Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana [The Apostolic Vatican Library]. Urbinas Graecus...
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    world in its real geographic appearance which is visible in the so-called Vatican Map of Isidor (776), the world maps of Beatus of Liebana’s Commentary on...
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  • A prisoner in the Vatican (Italian: Prigioniero nel Vaticano; Latin: Captivus Vaticani) or prisoner of the Vatican described the situation of the pope...
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  • Vatican City has become one of the world's most striking architecture through several centuries and a world cultural heritage. The area of the Vatican...
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    of Vatican City Vatican Library Vatican Apostolic Archive Music of Vatican City Cricket in Vatican City Vatican Cricket Team Football in Vatican City...
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  • The Vatican City State is a neutral nation, which has not engaged in any war since its formation in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty. It has no formal military...
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    of Wisdom or, Wisdom of Solomon, is abbreviated as Sap. EBE - National Library of Greece aliquot – some catenae, catenarum – chain, chains (abbreviated...
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    Borgia Apartments in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican. These rooms now form part of the Vatican Library, and five still retain a series of Pinturicchio...
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    included the construction of the Sistine Chapel and the creation of the Vatican Library. A patron of the arts, he brought together the group of artists who...
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    The coat of arms of Vatican City is the coat of arms of adopted by Vatican City's Fundamental Law on 7 June 1929; this coat of arms is defined by law as...
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    of the Vatican Library is a fresco transferred to canvas by the Italian Renaissance artist Melozzo da Forlì, once decorating the Vatican Library, now housed...
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    respectively. They in turn opened the Vatican Library to the general public after establishing a consultation library of 300,000 volumes. Cardinal Pecci...
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    are the Codex Vaticanus in the Vatican Library, the Codex Sinaiticus and the Codex Alexandrinus in the British Library, and the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus...
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    The Vatican Library and the collections of the Vatican Museums are of the highest historical, scientific and cultural importance. In 1984, the Vatican was...
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    original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2020. "Nicholas V | Vatican Library & Dum Diversas". 11 November 2023. Archived from the original on 20...
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    extant version dates to roughly the 10th–11th century, held in the Vatican Library. A commonly cited version, dated to 1595, appears in Koine Greek with...
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    The economy of Vatican City is mainly supported financially by the sale of stamps, coins, medals, and tourist mementos as well as fees for admission to...
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