Vatican Library to digitize 80,000 rare manuscripts
May 30, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: The Vatican Library has announced plans to digitize more than 80,000 ancient manuscripts, in a project supported by the Colnaghi Foundation, a non-profit committed to the preservation of antiquities.
The Vatican Library collection includes thousands of works that date back to the days before the printing press, including the only near-complete copy of Cicero’s Republic and Botticelli’s illustrations for Dante’s Divine Comedy.
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