Skrivet 11 Feb 2013

Today's archive colleague: Archivium secretum vaticanum

Speaking of the Pope, we’d like to bring your attention to one of our coolest colleagues.

The Vatican Secret Archives is perhaps not that secret: the adjective should be understood as ’private’ (from lat. secretum), since it is owned by the Pope himself. The archives were founded by Paul V in 1612, making it 390 years our senior.

And you don’t need to be a fan of neither Umberto Eco nor Dan Brown to appreciate the suggestive nature of their commercial campaign:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udCpmY5bOnM