Exhibit List
The Beginnings of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
| Title | Author | Language / Year /Region / Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corpus Dyonisianum nella Versione Latina di Ambrogio Traversari (Corpus Dyonisianum in the Latin Version of Ambrogio Traversari) | Dionigi l'Areopagita (Dionysius the Airopagite, c. 1st century) | Latin / Mid-15th century / Italy / Membrane | Original |
| Omelie Mariane (Homilies on the Life of the Virgin Mary) | James of Kokkinobaphos | 12th century / Constantinople / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Bibbia (Bible) | -- | Greek / Mid-4th century / Egypt or Palestine / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Lectionarium in Festis ss. Benedicti, Mauri et Scholasticae (Lectionary for the Feasts of Saints Benedict, Maurus and Scholastica) | -- | Second half of 11th century / Cassino / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Opere (Works) | Virgil (Publius VergiliusMaro, 70-19 B.C.) | Early 6th century / Rome orRavenna / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Il Pontificale di Bonifacio IX (The Pontifical of Boniface IX) | -- | Latin / 1389-1404 / Membrane | Image reprinting |
The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in the Renaissance
| Title | Author | Language / Year /Region / Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pentateuco (Five Books of Moses) | -- | Hebrew, Samaritan Aramaic, Arabic / 1343 / Parchment | Original |
| Ab Urbe Condita (History of Rome) | Livy (Titus Livius, 59 B.C.-A.D. 17) | 15 century / Parchment | Original |
| Geographia (Geography) | Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100-c. 170) | Latin translation by Jacopo Angeli da Scarperia (c. 1360-1410/1411) / 15 century / Parchment | Original |
The Construction of New Facilities and the Acquisitions of the 17th Century
| Title | Author | Language / Year /Region / Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Cose Volgari (The Vernacular Poetry) | Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374) | 1501 / Venice | Original |
| Francisci Petrarche Laureati Poete Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta (Occasional Pieces in the Vernacular by Francesco Petrarca Poet Laureate) | Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca, 1304-1374) | -- | Image reprinting |
| Bibbia di Leone (Bible of Leo Patricius) | -- | 10th century / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Iliade (Iliad) | Omero (Homer) | Greek and Latin / 15thcentury / Rome / Parchment | Original |
| Nuovo Testamento in Ebraico (New Testament in Hebrew) | -- | 15th century / Paper | Original |
| Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy) | Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321) With illustrations by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) | Vernacular Italian / 15thcentury | Image reprinting |
| Divina Commedia (Divine Comedy) | Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321) | Italian / 1474-1482 / Membrane | Image reprinting |
| Bibbia di Federico da Montefeltro (Federico da Montefeltro Bible) | -- | (1477)-1478 / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Menologio di Basilio II (Menologium of Basil II) | -- | 976-1025 | Image reprinting |
| Evangeliario di Lorsch (Lorsch Gospel Book) | -- | Early 9th century / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Sacramentario Gelasiano (Gelasian Sacramentary) | -- | c. 750 / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Rotolo di Giosuè (Joshua Roll) | -- | 10th century / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Segni Zodiacali (Astrological Signs) | Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100-c. 170) | 9th century | Image reprinting |
| Corpus Agrimensorum Romanorum (Roman Book on Land Surveying) | -- | 9th century / Fulda / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Geographia (Geography) | Claudius Ptolemy (c. 100-c. 170) | c. 1470 | Image reprinting |
| De Arte Venandi cum Avibus (On the Art of Hunting with Birds) | Frederick II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (r. 1220-1250) | 13th century | Image reprinting |
| Euclidis Elementorum Geometricorum Libri Tredecim (The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements) | Euclid (c. 367-c. 283 B.C.) Recension of Nasir al-Din, Muhammad ibn Muhammad, al-Tusi (1201-1273) | 1594 / Rome | Original |
| Figure Nuovamente Fatte degli Strumenti Astronomici (On Astronomical Instruments and Apparatus) | Ferdinand Verbiest S.J. (1623-1688) | Chinese / 1674 | Original |
| Artzney-Buch (Artzney Book) | Christoph Wirsung (1500-1571) | 1568 / Heydelberg | Original |
| Opere (Works) | Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro, 70-19 B.C.) | 4th-5th century / Parchment | Image reprinting |
Eighteenth-century Collecting
| Title | Author | Language / Year /Region / Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarih ül-Hind il-Garbi el-müsemma bi-Hadis-i Nev (The History of America and the West Indies) | -- | 1730 / Istanbul / Paper | Original |
| An Octoëchus (An Octoechos) | -- | 11th century / Parchment | Original |
| Epistolae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus) | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) | 1490 / Rome | Original |
| Briefe und Aesop-Fabeln (Letters and the Fables of Aesop) | Martin Luther (1483-1546) | Latin, German / 16th-18th century / Membrane | Image reprinting |
| Leggendario Angioino Ungherese (Hungarian Angevin Legendary) | -- | 14th century / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| De Oratore, Orator, Brutus, De Optimo Genus Oratorum (On the Orator, Orator, Brutus, On the Best Kind of Orators) | Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 B.C.) | 1422-1425 / Parchment | Original |
| Battaglia degli Ignudi (Battle of the Nudes) | Antonio Benci, detto il Pollaiolo (c. 1431-1498) | [1460-1475] / Burin | Image reprinting |
The 19th Century
| Title | Author | Language / Year /Region / Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetradramma Attica – Athens | -- | 5th century B.C. / Silver | Original |
| Tetradramma Sicily – Syracuse | -- | 5th century B.C. / Silver | Original |
| Denario (Denarius) Roman Republic | -- | c. 268-240 B.C. / Silver | Original |
| Sesterzio (Sestertius) Rome – Nero | -- | 58-64 / Bronze | Original |
| Giulio Papal States – Julius II (r. 1503-1513) | -- | 1503-1513 / Silver | Original |
| Amuleto a giorno con due dragoni posizionati testa-coda (Open amulet with two dragons positioned head to tail) | -- | Bronze | Original |
| Medaglia Celebrativa dell'Imperatore Bizantino Giovanni VIII Paleologo (Celebratory Medal of the Byzantine Emperor John VIII Palaeologus) | Pisanello (Antonio Pisano da Verona, c. 1395-c. 1455) | 1438 / Bronze | Original |
| Medaglia di Clemente VII Celebrativa della Costruzione del Pozzo di San Patrizio ad Orvieto (Medal of Clement VII Celebrating the Construction of the St. Patrick's Well in Orvieto) | Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) | 1534 / Silver-plated metal | Original |
| Medaglia Premio della Città di Pavia (Award Medal of the City of Pavia) | Angelo Grilli (1910-2015) | 2003 / Bronze | Original |
| Medaglia Celebrativa dell'Apertura del Concilio Ecumenico Vaticano II (Medal Celebrating the Opening of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council) | Pietro Giampaoli (1898-1998) | 1962 / Bronze | Original |
| Fusioni Celebrative di Giuseppe Verdi e del Teatro alla Scala di Milano (Fusions Celebrating Giuseppe Verdi and the Teatro alla Scala in Milan) | Erminio Varisco (1919-2005) | 1983 / Bronze | Original |
| Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt) | Basilius Besler (1561-1629) | Latin, German / 1613 / Nuremberg | Original |
| Dante, con l'Espositione di Christoforo Landino, et di Alessandro Vellutello, sopra la sua Comedia dell'Inferno, del Purgatorio, e del Paradiso (Dante, with the Exposition of Christoforo Landino, and Alessandro Vellutello, over His Comedy of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven) | Dante Alighieri (c. 1265- 1321) | 1564 / Venice | Original |
| Veduta di Parigi (View of Paris) | Jean-Baptiste Rigaud (1681?-1754) | 18th century (print run 19th century) / Etching and burin | Original |
| Bibel (Bible) | -- | 1483 / Nürenberg | Original |
| Liber Primus Missarum (First Book of Masses) | Josquin des Préz (c. 1440-1521) | 1516 / Venice | Original |
| Veduta del Salone Sistino (View of the Sistine Hall) | Vincenzo Marchi (1818-1894) | c.1860 / Watercolor drawing on paper | Image reprinting |
| De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books) | Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) | Latin / 1543 / Basel | Original |
| Istoria e Dimostrazioni Intorno alle Macchie Solari (History and Demonstration Concerning Sunspots) | Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642 | 1613 / Rome | Original |
The 20th Century
| Title | Author | Language / Year /Region / Material | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cappella Sistina: Veduta Generale e Particolare degli Affreschi della Volta (Sistine Chapel: General and Particular View of the Frescoes of the Vault) | Adolphe Braun (1811-1877) | 1868-1870 / 2 photographic carbon prints, mounted on cardboard | Image reprinting |
| Civitas Vaticana (Vatican City) | Patrizio di Sciullo (1965- ) and Giuseppe Greco (1970-) Based on a drawing by | 2007 / Etching and burin | Original |
| Veduta del Tempio e dei Palazzi Vaticani al Tempo di Paolo V (View of the Temple and the Vatican Palaces in the Time of Paul V) | Giovanni Maggi (1571?-c. 1623) | 1615 / Etching | Original |
| Veduta del Vaticano con i Giardini (View of the Vatican with the Gardens) | Mario Cartaro (c. 1540-1620) | 1574 / Etching | Original |
| Torneo nel Cortile del Belvedere (Tournament in the Belvedere Courtyard) | -- | [1565] / Etching and burin | Original |
| Veduta del Colosseo e del Tempio di Venere e Roma (View of the Colosseum and the Temple of Venus and Roma) | Jackob Philipp Hackert (1737-1807) | 1768-1786 / Colored watercolor drawing, pen and black pencil | Image reprinting |
| De Materia Medica (On Medical Material) | Pedanius Dioscorides (c. 40-90) | Greek, Latin / 15 century / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Libro d'Ore (Book of Hours) | -- | 1480-1490 / Naples / Parchment | Original |
| Rotolo di Exultet (Exultet Roll) | -- | Last quarter of 11th century / Cassino / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Libro d'Ore (Book of Hours) | -- | c. 1510 / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Messale di Alessandro VI (Missal of Alexander VI) | -- | End of 15th century / Parchment | Image reprinting |
| Lezionario (Lectionary) | -- | 1220 / Iraq / Paper | Image reprinting |
| Bibbia (Bible) | -- | Greek / 3rd century / Papyrus | Image reprinting |
| Bambola alle Giarrette (Divertimento n˚ 3 ) (Doll at the Giarrette (Entertainment #3)) | Tranquillo Marangoni (1912-1992) | 1959 / Woodcut | Original |
| Nova et Esatta Tavola del Mondo o Terra Universale (New and Exact Table of the World or Universal Land) | Michel-Antoine Baudrand (1633-1700) | 1680 / Etching and burin | Original |
| Erezione dell'Obelisco in Piazza san Pietro (Erection of the Obelisk in St. Peter's Square) | Natale Bonifacio (1538-1592) Based on a design by Giovanni Guerra (1544-1618) | 1586 / Etching and burin | Original |
| Giorno Sereno (Clear Day) | Sigfrido Bartolini (1932-2007) | 1959 / Woodcut in two colors on exotic wood | Original |