The Wonders of the Vatican Library

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Exclusive authorization has allowed our cameras to cross the threshold of the Vatican Library and capture images of resplendent beauty. Among its more than 1,000,000 volumes, it contains 7,000 illuminated manuscripts predating the 16th century, as well as the finest single collection of Judaic, Islamic and Christian texts. The Vatican Library collection contains one of the most exceptional private collections of tapestries, coins and art treasures in existence, and it is the repository of imperial, royal and other magnificent and intriguing gifts presented to the Popes over the centuries. - Container.