About Vatican Library

Overview

The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana; Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City. Formally established in 1475, although it is much older, it is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. It has 75,000 codices from throughout history, as well as 1.1 million printed books, which include some 8,500 incunabula.

Source: Library website

Address: Cortile del Belvedere V VA VA, Vatican City, VA, 00120, Vatican
Website: Homepage · About
Contact: General · Scholarly inquiry

Artifacts in this library

URB.GR.64

Papyrus Manuscript · Related to Hippocratic Oath

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Codex Vaticanus

Vellum Manuscript · Related to Biblical Genesis

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MLA Modern Language Association (8th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Vatican Library." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 01 Jul. 2020, omnika.org/stable/770. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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APA American Psychological Association (6th ed.)

OMNIKA (2020, July 01). Vatican Library. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/770

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CMS Chicago Manual of Style (16th ed.)

OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Vatican Library." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created July 01, 2020. Accessed February 3, 2025. https://omnika.org/stable/770.

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