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The
Vatican Library
is the
library
of the
Holy See
. Its official name is
Vatican Apostolic Library
(
Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana
). It was formally established in
1475
. Its collections are very significant, it contains over 75,000 codices. There are over 150,000 manuscripts, and over 8,300 innucables. In total, there are over 2 million
books
and
manuscripts
. There is also a
school
for
librarians
, and a workshop to restore ancient tets and to create facsimile copies.
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