I already sent this to Cecilia herself, but to add to the other
advice already given by other members, I think it is in the
general interest to point out the following:
> Access to the Vatican library is pretty easy, once you figure out how
> the locker system works (insiders will smile ... you will too, once
> you're in there).
> The admissions office is opened in the morning only.
> If you are a foreign scholar, and saty in Rome only for a limited
> time, ask at the admissions office if you can have also access during
> the afternoons. They will stamp your pass with "good for the
> afternoons also" and it will double the time of access to the
> library, which is normally closed during the afternoons (!).
>
> The library does have an annual closing period during the summer.
> Find out in advance when that's going to be !
>
Frans van Liere
Calvin College
3201 Burton Street SE
Grand Rapids MI 49546
http://www.calvin.edu/academic/history/fvliere.htm
tel. (616) 957-6535
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