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Vatican/HP To Put Library Online

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-the-real-deal dept.

darkuncle writes "I first read it in the LA Times print edition this morning, but the story is also available on several websites via news.google.com. Apparently the Vatican has enlisted Hewlett-Packard in an effort to put the contents of the Vatican Library online, including many rare Bible texts and previously unavailable manuscripts, including handwritten notes by the likes of Martin Luther and Michelangelo."

2 of 473 comments (clear)

  1. Bad joke. by eric2hill · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Q) How do you know it's bed-time at the Rectory?

    A) When the big hand is on the little hand.

    *ducks*

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    LOAD "SIG",8,1
    LOADING...
    READY.
    RUN
  2. What about that *one* dead sea scroll? by Rooked_One · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you know the one I'm talking about. "God cannot be contained within a church, only in your heart." -JC

    I guess it wouldn't since the vatican doesn't reconize it anyways. I've only seen history channel stuff about the first dead sea scroll supposedly written by Jesus - does anyone have a non geocities url that is informative?