The inauguration of the Vatican Library by Pope Sixtus IV: Platina (kneeling) is appointed librarian. Chromolithograph after Melozzo da Forli.

  • Melozzo, da Forlì, 1438-1494.
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The inauguration of the Vatican Library by Pope Sixtus IV: Platina (kneeling) is appointed librarian. Chromolithograph after Melozzo da Forli. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[London] : [Arundel Society]

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1 print : chromolithograph ; image and border 61.6 x 55.5 cm

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Templa domum expositis: vicos fora moenia pontes: / Virgineam trivil quod repararis aquam. / Prisca licet nautis statuas dare commoda portus: / Et Vaticanum cingere Sixte iugum: / Plus tamen urbs debet: nam quae squalore latebat: / Cermitur in celebri bibliotheca loco.

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Wellcome Collection 38039i

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The painting is part of the decoration of the Vatican palace, now in the Pinacoteca Vaticana

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