National Library of Vatican City

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Library_of_Vatican_City

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:library
gptkbp:admission	letter of introduction scholarly credentials
gptkbp:affiliation	gptkb:Holy_See
gptkbp:archiveType	manuscripts incunabula coins and medals printed books prints and engravings
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church gptkb:Vatican_Secret_Archives Vatican Museums
gptkbp:buildingType	gptkb:Vatican_Apostolic_Palace
gptkbp:catalogue	online printed
gptkbp:collectionSize	over 1.1 million printed books over 150,000 prints and engravings over 300,000 coins and medals over 150,000 manuscripts over 100,000 prints 75,000 codices 8,500 incunabula
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Vatican_City
gptkbp:digitizedBy	ongoing
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Monsignor_Cesare_Pasini
gptkbp:founded	1475
gptkbp:founder	gptkb:Pope_Sixtus_IV
gptkbp:hasReadingRoom	yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	National Library of Vatican City
gptkbp:language	gptkb:Greek gptkb:Italian gptkb:Latin various languages
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Vatican_City
gptkbp:notableCollection	gptkb:Vergilius_Vaticanus gptkb:Palatine_Anthology gptkb:Codex_Vaticanus_Graecus_1209 gptkb:Codex_Vaticanus Vatican Hebrew Manuscripts
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Bibliotheca_Apostolica_Vaticana
gptkbp:openToPublic	restricted
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Holy_See
gptkbp:purpose	scholarly research preservation of manuscripts and books
gptkbp:renovated	20th century 21st century
gptkbp:significance	one of the oldest libraries in the world holds some of the most important historical texts
gptkbp:type	research
gptkbp:website	https://www.vaticanlibrary.va/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Conference_of_European_National_Librarians
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7