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  2. Vatican Library - Wikipedia

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    The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Italian: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, [1] is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established in 1475, although it is much ...

  3. Gregory S. Aldrete - Wikipedia

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    His emphasis is on rhetoric and oratory, floods in Rome, ancient Greek and Roman history, and daily life in the Roman world. He earned his A.B. degree cum laude in History from Princeton University in 1988, and his M.A. degree in 1993 and Ph.D. in 1995, both in Ancient History from the University of Michigan .

  4. Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library

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    Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library is a fresco transferred to canvas by the Italian Renaissance artist Melozzo da Forlì , once decorating the Vatican Library , now housed in the Pinacoteca Vaticana in Rome .

  5. List of libraries in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Biblioteca e museo teatrale del Burcardo , Rome; Biblioteca di papa Agapito I , Rome; Biblioteca della Società Geografica Italiana , Rome; Biblioteca di storia moderna e contemporanea , Rome; David Lubin Memorial Library, Rome; Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Rome; Forestry Information Centre, Rome; Library of Palatine Apollo, Rome

  6. Vatican Hebrew MS 133 - Wikipedia

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    Vatican Hebrew MS 133 (Latin: Vaticanus Ebraeus 133 or Vat. ebr. 133), usually known in Hebrew as the Rome MS (כ״י רומי ‎, K.Y. Romi), is a handwritten manuscript of a portion of the Jerusalem Talmud copied in the late 13th or early 14th centuries, containing approximately a quarter of the entire Jerusalem Talmud, Seder Zerai'm (excluding Tractate Bikkurim) and Tractate Sotah from ...

  7. Category:Libraries in Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    Vatican Library (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Libraries in Vatican City" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

  8. Recovering pope reads prayer from Vatican window, visits Rome ...

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    VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis was well enough to read the Angelus prayer from a Vatican window overlooking St. Peter's Square on Friday, speaking unaided for the first time since suffering ...

  9. Borgia map - Wikipedia

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    Vatican Library, Rome. Mainly a decoration piece, the Borgia map is a world map made sometime in the early 15th century, and engraved on a metal plate. Its "workmanship and written explanations make it one of the most precious pieces of the history of cartography". [1]