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===Manuscripts===
[[File:Sandro Botticelli - The Abyss of Hell - WGA02853.jpg|thumb|''The Abyss of Hell'', coloured drawing on parchment by [[Sandro Botticelli]] (1480s)]]
[[File:Wandalbert von Prüm, July, Martyrologium.jpg|thumb|Wandalbert von Prüm, July, Martyrologium (c860)]]

{{Main|Category:Manuscripts in the Vatican Library}}

Notable manuscripts in the library include:

====Manuscripts relating to Christianity====
*[[Codex Vaticanus Graecus 1209]], one of the oldest extant Bibles in Greek language
*[[Barberini Gospels]]
*[[Gelasian Sacramentary]], one of the oldest books on [[Christian liturgy]]
*[[Joshua Roll]]
*[[Lorsch Gospels]], an illuminated gospel book written and illustrated from 778 to 820, which is spread up between various museums. The carved ivory rear cover and the Gospels of Luke and John are kept in the Vatican Library
*''[[Menologion of Basil II]]''<ref>{{cite book|author=John W. Wohlfarth|title=Elysium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85mXFf_BbiUC&pg=PA128|date=1 September 2001|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=978-0-7596-5406-8|page=128}}</ref>
*[[Vatican Croatian Prayer Book]]
*Three [[Literary fragment|fragments]] of the [[Old Saxon Genesis|Old Saxon ''Genesis'']] and one fragment of ''[[Heliand]]'' comprise the ''Palatinus Latinus'' 1447<ref>{{cite book|author=John M. Jeep|title=Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p4uHav3mZLsC&pg=PA57|year=2001|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-8240-7644-3|page=57}}</ref>
*''[[Libri Carolini]]''

====Classic Greek and Latin texts====

*[[Vergilius Vaticanus]]
*[[Vergilius Romanus]]
*[[Vergilius Augusteus]], four [[Leaf (books)|leaves]] are at the Vatican Library with three leaves at [[Berlin State Library]]<ref>{{cite book| url=http://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/ocm03166470| title=Vergilius Augusteus : vollst. Faks.-Ausg. im Originalformat : Codex Vaticanus Latinus 3256 d. Biblioteca apostolica vaticana u. Codex Latinus fol. 416 d. Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz| website=Catalog - UW-Madison Libraries| publisher=[[University of Wisconsin Madison]] Libraries| access-date=29 July 2014| year=1976| archive-date=3 May 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503185145/http://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/ocm03166470| url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Codex Vaticanus Ottobonianus Latinus 1829]], an important 14th-century manuscript of Catullus' poems
*[[Codex Vaticanus Latinus 3868]], a 9th-century [[facsimile]] of [[Terence]]'s comedies<ref>{{cite book|author=C. R. Dodwell |author-link=Charles Reginald Dodwell |title=Anglo-Saxon Gestures and the Roman Stage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kKJZVOkeAoUC&pg=PA3|year=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-66188-1|page=3}}</ref>
*Parts of [[Euclid's elements|Euclid's ''Elements'']], most notable Book I, Proposition 47, one of the oldest Greek texts on the [[Pythagorean Theorem]]<ref name="God's Librarians" />

====Medieval Greek and Latin texts====
*Codex Vaticano Rossi 215, fragments of the [[Rossi Codex]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Kleinhenz|title=Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA136|date=8 January 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94880-1|page=136}}</ref>
*Vaticanus Graecus 1001, the original manuscript of the ''[[Procopius#Secret History|Secret History]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.artinfo.com/secrethistoryofart/2011/11/16/vatican-mysteries-whats-so-secret-about-procopius-secret-history-2/|title=Vatican Mysteries: What's So Secret about Procopius' "Secret History?"|last=Charney|first=Noah|author-link=Noah Charney|website=Blouinartinfo|publisher=[[Louise Blouin Media]]|date=16 November 2011|access-date=28 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222070232/http://blogs.artinfo.com/secrethistoryofart/2011/11/16/vatican-mysteries-whats-so-secret-about-procopius-secret-history-2/|archive-date=22 February 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*''[[De arte venandi cum avibus]]'', a [[Latin]] treatise on [[falconry]] in the format of a two-column parchment codex of 111 folios written in the 1240s

====Others====

*[[Codex Borgia]], an extensive [[Mesoamerica]]n manuscript that depicts mythology and foundational rituals in the hieroglyphic texts and iconography made of animal skins
*Codex Vat. Arabo 368, the sole manuscript of the ''[[Hadith Bayad wa Riyad]]'', an Arabic love story<ref>{{cite journal |last=D’Ottone |first=Arianna |year=2010 |title=Il manoscritto Vaticano arabo 368: Hadith Bayad wa Riyad. Il codice, il testo, le immagini |url=https://www.academia.edu/430197 |journal=Rivista di Storia della Miniatura |publisher=Centro Di |volume=14 |page=55 |access-date=25 July 2014 |language=it |url-access=registration |archive-date=16 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216224249/https://www.academia.edu/430197 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Codex Vaticanus 3738]], the Codex Ríos,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/vaticanus3738/|title=FAMSI - Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt - Graz - Codex Vaticanus 3738|website=Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt - Graz CODICES|publisher=[[FAMSI]]|access-date=29 July 2014|archive-date=18 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618225056/http://www.famsi.org/research/graz/vaticanus3738/|url-status=live}}</ref> an accordion folded Italian translation of a Spanish colonial-era manuscript, with copies of the [[Aztec]] paintings from the original [[Codex Telleriano-Remensis]], believed to be written by the Dominican friar Ríos in 1566
*Borgiani Siriaci 175, a manuscript scroll of the ''[[Diwan Abatur]]'', a [[Mandaean text]]<ref>{{cite journal |last=Van Rompay |first=Sandi |date=2010 |title=The Tree Šatrin and its Place in Mandaean Art |url=https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/secure/POJ/downloadpdf.php?ticket_id=6088397bf191a |journal=ARAM Periodical |volume=22 |pages=183–207 |doi=10.2143/ARAM.22.0.2131037 |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622160011/https://poj.peeters-leuven.be/secure/POJ/downloadpdf.php?ticket_id=6088397bf191a |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Qurans====
The library contains over 100 Quran manuscripts from various collections, cataloged by the Italian Jewish linguist [[Giorgio Levi Della Vida]]: ''Vaticani arabi'' 73; ''Borgiani arabi'' 25; ''Barberiniani orientali'' 11; ''Rossiani'' 2. The largest manuscript in the library, ''Vat. Ar. 1484'', measures 540x420mm. The smallest, ''Vat. Ar. 924,'' is a circle of 45mm diameter preserved in an octagonal case.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/374780 |first=Ezra |last=Gozeler |title=A Study on Qurʾān Manuscripts in the Vatican Library in terms of Physical and Content Features |date=2017 |volume=21 |issue=3 |journal=Cumhuriyet Flahiyat Dergisi-Cumhuriyet Theology Journal |access-date=April 5, 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505014001/https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/374780 |url-status=live }}</ref>