The Vatican Apostolic Libraryis now digitizing its valuable ancient religious manuscripts and putting them online via its website. All of the content is available for free. The Library was originally founded in 1451 AD and holds over 80,000 manuscripts, prints, drawings, plates and books printed prior to 1500 AD. The titles are all written throughout history by people who … [Read more...] about Vatican Library Digitizes 4,400 Ancient Manuscripts and Gives Them Away for Free
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The Vatican Library Firmly Embraces eBooks
The Vatican is no stranger to various digital initiatives that allow a worldwide audience to tap into their extensive library. The Dead Sea Scrolls, the Pope's weekly addresses, and thousands of manuscripts are now available to read. Today, we are looking at the various scanning programs and digital companies the Church is working with in order to make everything more … [Read more...] about The Vatican Library Firmly Embraces eBooks
Database of Italian Catholic Church’s Art Goes Online
The website contains 3.5 million objects and is the result of a project that started 16 years ago. It contains listings and pictures of paintings, sculptures, ornaments, crucifixes altarpieces, and other items belonging to Italy's 63,733 churches and 216 dioceses. It is an ongoing project which will be continually updated. Eventually the database will include the … [Read more...] about Database of Italian Catholic Church’s Art Goes Online
Vatican eBooks Available with Help from Aptara
First, the Pope got a Twitter account and a Facebook page. Now, thanks to Aptara, the Vatican is making eBooks available to Catholics worldwide. Beginning in May, the Vatican and Aptara began releasing Pope Benedict’s weekly addresses, thirteen in all, in illustrated form for the iPad from Italy’s Apple store. With this expansion in digital formats, the two thousand-year-old … [Read more...] about Vatican eBooks Available with Help from Aptara
Ancient Vatican Library Texts To Be Digitized
It was just a matter of time before technology and hi-fi gadgets make it to what can perhaps be said the last frontiers of our civilization -- religion and places of worship. In a move that is sure to have far reaching impact for those of you that use tablet PCs and e-book reading devices to read your digital content. The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, better known as the … [Read more...] about Ancient Vatican Library Texts To Be Digitized