Tag: Vatican
Codex Marchalianus
The Vatican Library has made available a digital facsimile of Codex Marchalianus (7th–8th c.). The codex contains some prefatory material and the text of the prophets, including Baruch and the Letter of Jeremiah. Each page has two scans with alternate lighting. Below is a sample of the marginalia from Isa 25:8 (leaf 231) that notes…
Vatican Museum
Sometime since I last visited, the Vatican Museum has substantially upgraded its website. The site now features a conveniently static central area to display a high-resolution image of a given piece in the collection. HT: AWOL
National Geographic, "Inside the Vatican"
Via their YouTube channel, National Geographic has made available their approximately 89-minute 2001 documentary “Inside the Vatican”: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svaxr4erV_Q]
Pope Benedict XVI to Resign on February 28
After about an 8-year term, Pope Benedict XVI is apparently set to resign on February 28, citing health difficulties. For more information and the NBC report from earlier this morning, see here.