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===Prior to establishment at the Vatican=== The Pre-Vatican period ranged from about 1370 to 1447. The library was scattered during this time, with parts in Rome, Avignon, and elsewhere. Pope Eugenius IV possessed 340 books by the time of his death.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Mycue|first1=David|title=Founder of the Vatican Library: Nicholas V or Sixtus IV?|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25541179|journal=The Journal of Library History|year=1981|volume=16|issue=1|pages=121β133|publisher=University of Texas Press|jstor=25541179|access-date=7 October 2020|archive-date=14 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214204837/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25541179|url-status=live}}</ref>
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