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Rome Reborn: The Vatican
Library & Renaissance Culture (http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/vatican/toc.html)
Site devoted to the Library of Congress exhibition Rome Reborn: The Vatican Library and Renaissance Culture. This 1993 exhibition features about 200 treasures from the Vatican Library and provides high-quality images of the displayed objects. In English.
Vatican Library (http://www.vaticanlibrary.va/home.php?ling=eng)
Official site of the Vatican Library, with links to its catalog, treasures, an account of its history, and the secret archives. Please note that the library itself will be closed for renovations from mid-July 2007 until September 2010. In English.
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