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DIGITIZED MANUSCRIPTS

PRESERVE, DISSEMINATE, CHERISH.

Digita Vaticana: the digitization project of the Vatican manuscripts

From 2013 until February 2019, Digita Vaticana was the non-profit organization established to raise funds to support the Digitization Project of the more than 80,000 manuscripts of the Apostolic Library.

The legacy of the Association has now passed to the Library and the name Digita Vaticana designates the Project itself, created by the Library with the help of many benefactors.

We thank the Association, its Founding Members and all those who have participated in the success of the goals achieved so far.

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PRIVACY POLICY

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PAST

The Vatican Library manuscripts are a priceless treasure of historical documents: from literature to history, from art to law, from astronomy to mathematics, from the natural sciences to medicine...

PRESENT

To guarantee the preservation of the extremely delicate material held in the Library, only specialized scholars are permitted access. The library material is in fact extremely delicate and sensitive to light, humidity and temperature and the very act of consulting the documents puts their survival and future availability at risk.

FUTURE

The Vatican Library has begun the process of digitizing its 80,000 manuscripts. A challenging undertaking on which the preservation and dissemination of ancient wisdom depends. It will take more than 15 years, over 50 million euros, and your help.

FOREVER

The originals will be kept safe in temperature and humidity controlled anti atomic bunkers. The digitization of the Vatican Library manuscripts will guarantee the highest quality reproduction before any eventual degradation thus reducing the risks due to direct handling.

FOR ALL

Thanks to technology we can preserve the past and bequeath it to the future. The manuscripts will be freely available to everyone on the Vatican Library website and the world's knowledge will truly become humanity's heritage.

FOR CULTURE

The digitization of the manuscripts will allow interdisciplinary research within all of the Vatican Library. This innovation will revolutionize research methodology permitting knowledge, discoveries, and cultural initiative which today are unimaginable.

GALLERY

BROWSE THE COLLECTIONS

COLORING BOOKS

ONCE UPON A TIME,
AND FOREVER THANKS TO YOU

Founded in 1451 by Nicholas V, the Vatican Library holds pivotal cultural documents from all of humanity; letters of the most important historical figures; drawings and notes by artists and scientists such as Michelangelo and Galileo; treaties from all eras, in all fields of learning, from all parts of the world. FITS is the format that has been adopted to digitize the manuscripts of the Vatican Library. Developed at NASA to store images, astronomical and astrophysical data, FITS was designed to guarantee long term preservation of documents. As well as memorizing images extremely faithful to the original, a FITS file can contain metadata, information regarding the manuscript (size, materials, ...), is free from legal restrictions, updated by the scientific international community, safe from viruses, and can be read by any image processing software.

BECOME A PARTNER

Who can become a partner of Digita Vaticana

BENEFACTORS Organizations (companies, foundations, associations, etc.) and individuals (persons) who support the project to digitize the Vatican Library through donations.

BUSINESS PARTNERS Provide goods, services or specialized personnel and funds towards the project to digitize the manuscripts of the Vatican Library.

UNIVERSITIES AND CULTURAL INSTITUTES Support and promote the digitization of manuscripts of interest to them.

Subscription quotas

Individuals minimum contribution 3,000 euros per year.

Organizations and Companies minimum contribution 10,000 euros per year.

Digita Vaticana Onlus
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BENEFITS

Benefits reserved to Digita Vaticana partners

The possibility of private visits to the Library accompanied by a specialized guide

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Exposure in the communication materials and Digita Vaticana web site

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Reserved seats to exhibits and cultural events linked to the Library

Complimentary copies of publications edited by the Library

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Invitations to luncheons and dinners organized by Digita Vaticana

DIGITO ERGO SUM

Become a Digita Vaticana partner, together we can choose the documents to be digitized and we will explore the most suitable content to narrate your participation in the project.

PARTNER

NTT DATA
DEDAGROUP
FEDERLAZIO SOLIDARIETÀ ONLUS
FONDATION AVITA NOVARE
under the aegis of Fondation de Luxembourg

INDIVIDUAL PARTNER

Toru Francis Yamashita