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More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation. The initiative seeks to preserve unique documents and facilitate worldwide access to this treasure of the Church.
The shelves of the Vatican Library house a large part of humanity’s literary legacy. They include more than 82,000 manuscripts and 1.6 million printed books (more than 8,000 of them “incunabula,” which means those printed before 1501).
Among the gems in its catalog are a document with Botticelli’s illustrations for the “Divine Comedy” and the only nearly complete copy of Cicero’s “Republic” that has survived.
Humidity and the decomposition of the inks over time have turned their preservation into a major challenge for all popes.
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The shelves of the Vatican Library house a large part of humanity’s literary legacy. They include more than 82,000 manuscripts and 1.6 million printed books (more than 8,000 of them “incunabula,” which means those printed before 1501).
Among the gems in its catalog are a document with Botticelli’s illustrations for the “Divine Comedy” and the only nearly complete copy of Cicero’s “Republic” that has survived.
Humidity and the decomposition of the inks over time have turned their preservation into a major challenge for all popes.
Continued below.
More than 80,000 manuscripts from Vatican Library to be restored and digitized
More than 80,000 ancient manuscripts from the Vatican Library will be restored and digitized thanks to an agreement with the Colnaghi Foundation.
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