[New-Poetry] Fw: [NarcissusWorks] The Vatican Library

[Anny Ballardini]

The library was founded in 1451 and is open to scholars and academics who submit a letter of accreditation from a university or research institute. Its collection consists of about 1.6 million volumes, including some 75,000 manuscripts and 8,300 incunabula (printed books from the second half of the 15th century). It also has almost 400,000 coins and medals and prints and engravings. Each year about 20,000 scholars peruse material in the collection.
from today's The New York Times


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