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===Architecture and art=== In the ''Sala di Consultazione'' or main reference room of the Vatican Library looms a statue of [[St Thomas Aquinas]] ({{Circa|1910}}), sculpted by [[Cesare Aureli]]. A second version of this statue ({{Circa|1930}}) stands under the entrance [[portico]] of the [[Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas|Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'']].{{efn|This sculpture is described in the following words: "S. Tommaso seduto, nella sinistra tiene il libro della ''Summa theologica'', mentre stende la destra in atto di proteggere la scienza cristiana. Quindi non siede sulla cattedra di dottore, ma sul trono di sovrano protettore; stende il braccio a rassicurare, non a dimostrare. Ha in testa il dottorale berretto, e conservando il suo tipo tradizionale, rivela nel volto e nell'atteggiamento l'uomo profondamente dotto. L'autore non ha avuto da ispirarsi in altr'opera che esistesse sul soggetto, quindi ha dovuto, puΓ² dirsi, creare questo tipo, ed Γ¨ riuscito originale e felice nella sua creazione."<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7sfGuQOM2EC&q=%22Vatican&pg=PA85 |title=History and culture in Italy |first=John |last=Hendrix |publisher=University Press of America |access-date=9 September 2012 |isbn=9780761826286 |year=2003 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310120241/https://books.google.com/books?id=G7sfGuQOM2EC&q=%22Vatican&pg=PA85#v=snippet&q=%22Vatican&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_No_AAAAYAAJ&q=%22S.+Tommaso+seduto&pg=RA1-PA75 |title=Nel giubileo episcopale di Leone XIII. omaggio della Biblioteca vaticana XIX febbraio anno MDCCCXCIII |access-date=9 September 2012 |last1=Vaticana |first1=Biblioteca Apostolica |year=1893 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310120337/https://books.google.com/books?id=_No_AAAAYAAJ&q=%22S.+Tommaso+seduto&pg=RA1-PA75#v=snippet&q=%22S.%20Tommaso%20seduto&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> <gallery class="center" widths="200px" heights="170px"> File:The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library (2994335291).jpg|The Sistine Hall of the Vatican Library File:Golden rose Biblioteca apostolica.jpg|Golden Rose stored in the Vatican Library File:Plafond_Sale_Sistine_-_Salle_des_Archives_pontificales_(2).jpg|Ceiling fresco of the Sistine Hall (photograph by Jean-Pol Grandmont) </gallery>
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