Pope Leo XIV will visit the Vatican Apostolic Library on Monday, September 14, and will inaugurate the first chapter of the exhibition cycle “Catastrophe and Wonder,” entitled “AQVA”.
Contributions to the Bibliography on Manuscripts
The Library welcomes and values contributions from scholars to the Bibliography of Manuscripts in its catalogues.
Copies (including in PDF format) of publications or bibliographic references concerning the Library's manuscript collections may be sent to the following address: montuschi@vatlib.it.
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MISCELLANEA BIBLIOTHECAE APOSTOLICAE VATICANAE XXIX
I Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae – editi nella storica collana Studi e testi della Vaticana sin dal 1987 – dedicano il volume XXIX alla memoria di Marco Buonocore, scriptor Latinus e direttore della Sezione Archivi della Vaticana, scomparso prematuramente nel 2022.
MISCELLANEA BIBLIOTHECAE APOSTOLICAE VATICANAE XXVIII
Nati nel 1987, i Miscellanea Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae sono da sempre ospitati nella collana Studi e testi edita dalla Biblioteca Vaticana ...
La Persia istoriata in Roma
Frutto di una ricerca originale, il volume traccia la storia delle memorie concernenti..
Aditus 06
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...
Aditus 05
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 » ...
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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;
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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.
Temporarily unavailable Manuscripts
Manuscripts that can not be consulted for conservative reasons or why temporarily restored or on display.
Travel with Dante
Preview of the online exhibition on the occasion of the 7th centenary of Dante Alighieri’s death (1321-2021)
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.
RICI - 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.
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. 2026-2028
Pubblicata la lista degli ammessi e riserve al biennio accademico 2026-2028
Chusura estiva - segreteria
La segreteria della scuola vaticana di Biblioteconomia riaprirà il 28 Agosto.
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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 publications
Scripta eorum quae tam extra quam intra conclave contigerunt. La letteratura seicentesca sui conclavi nella Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana e negli archivi e biblioteche storiche di Roma.
Horti Pii Carpenses. La raccolta di Rodolfo Pio e il collezionismo antiquario a Roma nel XVI secolo. (copia)
Popular publications
I quaderni della Vaticana 5 ‒ The Vatican's notebooks 5.
Un innovatore nella tradizione. A cento anni dalla nascita di Leonard Eugene Boyle OP (1923-1999). Atti della giornata dedicata alla sua memoria (13 novembre 2023), a cura di Vivian Boland OP e Luigina Orlandi.
