The Vatican Library’s holdings today include approximately 180,000 manuscripts (of which 100,000 are made up of archival materials), nearly 9,000 incunabula, 150,000 prints, drawings, maps, and engravings, over 150,000 photographs, 300,000 coins and medals, and 1.6 million modern printed books. The manuscript collection is arguably the most important in the world, including such treasures as the Codex Vaticanus of the Bible, the Vatican Vergil, the Dante Urbinate, and other manuscripts which are the sources used to produce modern editions of thousands of other texts.
Vaticanus latinus 5314 / Manfredi A; Marsico C. - STAMPA. - (2016), pp. 16-19. (Intervento presentato al convegno The Promise of the Vatican Library : an international academic conference highlighting the holdings of the Vatican Library and opportunities for future research. nel 8-10 maggio 2016).
Vaticanus latinus 5314
Marsico C
2016
Abstract
The Vatican Library’s holdings today include approximately 180,000 manuscripts (of which 100,000 are made up of archival materials), nearly 9,000 incunabula, 150,000 prints, drawings, maps, and engravings, over 150,000 photographs, 300,000 coins and medals, and 1.6 million modern printed books. The manuscript collection is arguably the most important in the world, including such treasures as the Codex Vaticanus of the Bible, the Vatican Vergil, the Dante Urbinate, and other manuscripts which are the sources used to produce modern editions of thousands of other texts.
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