Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana

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**Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana** est bibliotheca in Civitate Vaticana sita, ubi sunt 100&thinsp;000 primarum scripturarum, 70&thinsp;000 codicum, 100&thinsp;000 tabularum geographicarum, et fere 200&thinsp;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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