In the Kirk Kerkorian Exhibition Hall of the Library, the exhibition The Book and the Spirit was inaugurated on October 25th, commemorating the 750th anniversary of the deaths of Saint Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and Saint Thomas Aquinas.
The exhibition is open until December 14, 2024, according to a specific schedule and subject to availability.

For more information: kerkorianhall@vatlib.it.

Save the date: 16 May 2024, Vatican Library - International Workshop on the Statue of St. Hippolytus

OWL nr. 33, January-March 2025

OWL nr. 32, October-December 2024

OWL nr. 31, July-September 2024

The Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae – published since 1987 in the historic Studi e testi series of the Vatican Library – dedicate Volume XXIX to the memory of Marco Buonocore, scriptor Latinus and director of the Archives Section of the Vatican Library, who passed away prematurely in 2022.

Founded in 1987, the Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae have always been housed in the series Studi e testi published by the Vatican Library ...

Frutto di una ricerca originale, il volume traccia la storia delle memorie concernenti..

Between the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022 the Vatican Apostolic Library presents two publications with which to inaugurate a new collection in one of its historic book series: Documenti e riproduzioni...

On Friday, 5 November, His Holiness Pope Francis came to the Vatican Library to inaugurate the new permanent exhibition space and its first show «Tutti. Umanità in cammino».
As its subtitle makes clear – «From Travel Cartography to Utopian and Allegorical maps: the Vatican Apostolic Library Meets Pietro Ruffo » ...

In recent months the Vatican Apostolic Library has completed work on a Permanent Exposition Hall. Comprising two rooms, the new space is located just off the top of the grand entrance staircase to ensure that its visitors do not disturb the work of our readers and researchers ...

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.

All readers admitted to the Library are required to comply with the following Rules for Readers in order to ensure to scholars the same working conditions worthy of a place of study and research

Inventories and Index of manuscript collections in digital version

Manuscripts that can not be consulted for conservative reasons or why temporarily restored or on display.

Printed books collections kept in the external stacks

Preview of the online exhibition on the occasion of the 7th centenary of Dante Alighieri’s death (1321-2021)

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.

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.

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.

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.

La segreteria della scuola vaticana di Biblioteconomia riaprirà il 28 Agosto.

Pubblicata la lista degli ammessi e riserve al biennio accademico 2023-2025

Sono aperte le ISCRIZIONI per il Biennio accademico 2023-2025

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.

Calendario delle lezioni, delle esercitazioni e dei laboratori

Orario segreteria:

• Lunedì: 9.00-17:30
• Martedì 9.00-17.30

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