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Library is a privilege, subject to stringent the total material, and even less has been
qualifications and a renewal process every converted into searchable text.
six months. This privilege is predominantly
extended to academic researchers and If you would like to explore the Vatican’s
comes with the limitation of viewing only historic collections written mostly in
three documents at a time. Latin and Greek, a digital gateway is
available here: Vatican Library Digital
In the early 21st century, the Vatican Collections. This online platform
started digitization project. By 2018, offers a rare glimpse into the wealth of
more than 7 million images from the knowledge and history preserved within
archives had been digitized. However, the world’s most fascinating libraries.
this represents only a small portion of
Katerina Belik
Dark Secrets of the Vatican Hidden from Us
for Thousands of Years
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