We wish to inform you that from Monday, 1st June 2020, the Library will reopen to scholars. The conditions for safe access to the Library services will be as follows until the end of the health emergency ...
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Web Thematic Pathways of Medieval Manuscripts
We are very pleased to announce that the project Web Thematic Pathways of Medieval Manuscripts (from the Vatican Collections using International Image Interoperability Framework), is now live.
GUIDED TOURS TO THE EXHIBITION "BIBLIOTECHE IN BIBLIOTECA"
6, 13, 19, 25 June 2019, 4:00 pm - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Salone Sistino
La Persia istoriata in Roma
Frutto di una ricerca originale, il volume traccia la storia delle memorie concernenti..
Disegni del secolo XIX del fondo Ashby
Con questo volume i curatori hanno inteso documentare i risultati della loro ricerca su circa cinquecento disegni e acquerelli del XIX secolo..
La Storia di Bayad e Riyad (Vat. ar. 368)
Il volume offre una nuova edizione del testo del manoscritto Vaticano arabo 368, contenente la storia di Bayād e Riyād (HadītBayādwaRiyād), e la traduzione italiana.
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Admission in BAV
The Library is open to:
- researchers and scholars with appropriate qualifications and/or relevant scientific publications;
- teachers and researchers at Universities and other institutes of Higher Education;
- graduate students (laureati) who are pursuing research for a doctoral dissertation;
- in exceptional cases, undergraduate students who can demonstrate that they need to consult material which is available only at the Vatican Library;
- it is not open to High School students, nor, as a rule, to undergraduate University students;
Admission Criteria
The following Regulations are intended above all to assure scholars the working conditions appropriate to a place of study and research.
Therefore, scholars are exhorted to read them carefully and to respects the norms scrupulously.
Required Documents
Scholars who want to access numismatic material of the Library should respects the following norms.
Unavailable Manuscripts
Manuscripts that can not be consulted for conservative reasons or why temporarily restored or on display.
IIIF Thematic Pathways
The library has promoted a research activity that makes use of IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) technology for the creation of annotations on the folios of the digitized manuscripts (transcriptions, comments on texts, glosses, illuminations, writings, identification of scribes, owners, illuminators) relating to specific selections of manuscripts.
Books and Libraries of religious orders in Italy at the end of XVI cent.
Codices Vaticani Latini 11266-11326 include the lists of the titles of the books owned by the religious of the Italian convents and monasteries, acquired by the Congregation of the Index of Prohibited Books after the publication of the Index librorum prohibitorum by Pope Clement VIII in 1596.
The Polonsky Project
Between 2012 and 2017 the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford and the Library carried out a joint digitization project. More than 1.5 million pages from their remarkable collections have been made freely available online to researchers and to the general public. L'Osservatore Romano's article
Reproductions for private study
It is possible to order photocopies (only for printed books published between 1601 and 2008), black & white photographs, color photographs, microfilms, or CD-ROMs made from microfilms (in the case of printed books, only if they were published before 2008), from manuscripts or from photographs of objects. Completed order forms may be submitted to the distribution desks or sent by mail to the Library.
Reproductions for professional use
It is possible to order photographic or other types of reproductions for publication by using the appropriate order forms. Fees include the cost of the reproductions plus the publication rights.
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Avviso per ammessi e riserve A.A. 2020-2022
Ammessi e riserve sono elencati in ordine alfabetico. Tale elenco non costituisce graduatoria per le riserve.
A causa dell'emergenza pandemica da Covid-19 e del
conseguente obbligo di distanziamento sociale da osservarsi negli spazi della Scuola, per
il biennio 2020-2022 saranno ammessi 26 allievi.
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Proroga iscrizione A.A. 2020/2021
Data la situazione attuale le iscrizioni alla Scuola Vaticana di Biblioteconomia
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Le iscrizioni per l'anno accademico 2020-2021 si aprono il 15 febbraio 2020 e si chiudono il 15 maggio 2020termine ultimo entro il quale dovranno pervenire le domande (farà fede il timbro postale).
Per l'ammissione occorre presentare:
- Modulo d'iscrizione debitamente compilato e sottoscritto in originale (disponibile sul sito WEB della Scuola, in Segreteria o presso la portineria della Biblioteca);
- Curriculum vitae con elenco di eventuali pubblicazioni;
- Lettera di presentazione rilasciata da una istituzione accademica, ecclesiastica, dal datore di lavoro o da persona autorevole;
- Fotocopia del titolo di studio (laurea o licenza canonica) e certificazione degli esami sostenuti;
- Fotocopia di un documento d’identità in corso di validità;
- Due fotografie formato tessera aggiornate.
- Lettera motivazionale contenuta in massimo 2000 battute.
Director and Faculty members
| DIRETTORE | VICE DIRETTORE |
|---|---|
| Mons. Cesare Pasini | Antonio Manfredi |
| Raffaella Vincenti | Bibliografia e reference |
|---|---|
| Andreina Rita | Bibliologia |
| Paul Gabriele Weston | Biblioteca digitale |
| Francesco D'Aiuto | Il libro manoscritto antico, medievale e moderno |
| Giuseppina Cerri | Ordinamento generale e servizi di biblioteca |
| Carlo Federici | Conservazione e restauro del libro |
| Antonio Manfredi | Storia delle biblioteche |
| Paul Gabriele Weston | Teoria e tecnica della catalogazione e della classificazione |
Structure and Services of the School
Orario segreteria:
- Lunedì: 9.00-17:30
- Martedì 9.00-17.30
Recent pubblications
Ambrosiana, Hagiographica, Vaticana - Studi in onore di Mons. Cesare Pasini in occasione del suo settantesimo compleanno
Storia della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Volume V- La Biblioteca Vaticana dall'occupazione francese all'ultimo Papa Re
Popular publications
Agenda 2020 - Agende annuali della Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - (grande 18x25)
Preservation and conservation of Japanese archival documents - La casa dei libri
