Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana

Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana est bibliotheca in Civitate Vaticana sita, ubi sunt 100 000 primarum scripturarum, 70 000 codicum, 100 000 tabularum geographicarum, et fere 200 000 chirographorum. Etiam adest Codex Vaticanus, antiquissima Biblia Sacra quae manent.

 Historia 
Origo bibliothecae est antiquissima. Praesentem bibliothecam papa Nicolaus V anno 1447 condidit, cum 350 codices suos Latine, Graece, et Hebraice scriptos Bibliothecae coniungeret.

 Index cardinalium bibliothecariorum 

 Marcellus Cervini (1550-1555)
 Robertus Nobilis (1555-1559)
 Alphonsus Carafa (1559-1565)
 Marcus Antonius Amulius (1565-1572)
 Gulielmus Sirletus (1572-1585)
 Antonius Carafa (1585-1591)
 Marcus Antonius Colonna (1591-1597)
 Caesar Baronius (1597-1607)
 Ludovicus de Torres (1607-1609)
 Scipio Burghesius (1609–1618)
 Scipio Cobellutius (1618-1622)
 Franciscus Barberini (1626-1633)
 Antonius Marcellus Barberini (1633-1646)
 Horatius Giustiniani (1646-1649)
 Ludovicus Capponi (1649-1659)
 Flavius Chigi (1659–1681)
 Laurentius Brancati (1681-1693)
 Hieronymus Casanate (1693-1700)
 Henricus Noris (1700–1704)
 Benedictus Pamphili (1704–1730)
 Angelus Maria Quirinus (1730-1755)
 Dominicus Silvius Passionei (1755–1761)
 Alexander Albani (1761–1779)
 Franciscus Saverio de Zelada (1779-1801)
 Aloysius Valenti Gonzaga (1802–1808)
 Iulius Maria Della Somaglia (1827-1830)
 Iosephus Albani (1830–1834)
 Aloysius Lambruschini (1834-1853)
 Angelus Mai (1853–1854) 
 Antonius Tosti (1860–1866)
 Ioannes Baptista Franciscus Pitra (1869–1879)
 Placidus Maria Schiaffino (1889
 Alfonsus Capecelatro di Castelpagano (1890–1912)
 Marianus Rampolla del Tindaro (1912-1913)
 Franciscus di Paola Cassetta (1914-1919)
 Franciscus Aidan Gasquet (1919–1929)
 Franciscus Ehrle (1929–1934)
 Ioannes Mercati (1936–1957)
 Eugenius Tisserant (1957–1971)
 Antonius Samorè (1974–1983)
 Alfonsus Maria Stickler (1983–1988)
 Antonius Maria Javierre Ortas (1988–1992)
 Aloysius Poggi (1992–1998)
 Georgius Maria Mejía (1998–2003)
 Ioannes Aloysius Tauran (2003–2007)
 Raphael Farina (2007-2012)
 Ioannes Ludovicus Bruguès (2012-2018)
 Iosephus Tolentino Mendonça (2018-2022)
 Angelus Vincentius Zani ab anno 2022

 Index praefectorum bibliothecae 

 Bartholomaeus Platina (1475–1481)
 Gulielmus Allen
 Lucas Holstenius (1653- )
 Leo Allatius (1661-1668)
 Stephanus Gradi (1682-1683)
 Alphonsus Maria Stickler (1971-1983)
 Leonardus E. Boyle (1984-1997)
 Raphael Farina (1997-2007)
 Caesar Pasini (2007-2023)

 Bibliographia 
 I. B. De Rossi, "De Origine Historia Indicibus Scrinii et Bibliothecae Sedis Apostolicae Commentatio" in H. Stevenson iunior, Codices Palatini Latini Bibliothecae Vaticanae descripti (Romae, 1886) pp. I-CXXXII
 F. Ehrle, Historia Bibliothecae Romanorum Pontificum tum Bonifatianae tum Avenionensis vol. 1. Romae, 1890.
 David Laskin, "The Hidden Treasures in Italian Libraries" in New York Times (13 Iunii 2017)
 A. Pelzer, "Addenda et emendanda ad Francisci Ehrle Historiae Bibliothecae Romanorum Pontificum tum Bonifatianae tum Avenionensis" in Bibliotheca Vaticana (1947)
 J. Bignami Odier, La Bibliothèque Vaticane de Sixte IV à Pie XI. Recherches sur l'histoire des collections de manuscrits. Città del Vaticano 1973 (Studi e testi, 272)
 C. Carlen, The Popes and the Vatican Library. Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, 1984
 J. Mejia, C. Grafinger, B. Jatta, I Cardinali Bibliotecari di Santa Romana Chiesa. Città del Vaticano 2006

 Archivum Secretum Vaticanum

 Nexus externi 

 Index cardinalium bibliothecariorum

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