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Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, June 08 2013 @ 12:57 PM EDT |
You might want to note the publication date of your reference.
The so called 'secret' archive is also available. 'Secret' is a mistranslation
it should read 'private'. It contains the personal property of the popes and was
never intended to be part of the public record as such. But, Pope Leo XIII
opened them to researchers in 1881. As in any such institution, you won't be
allowed to go pawing through priceless and irreplaceable documents, some over
1000 years old. Even the British Library has such restrictions. Just try getting
your hands on the BL Magna Carta. That does not mean that the documents cannot
be consulted. Private documents relating to people who are still alive will not
be available. The same applies to the various National Archives in the UK etc.
and forget about royal archives. the task of cataloging and indexing the
collection is very long term given the resources available. Note the news about
the finding in the Victoria and Albert Museum to illustrate the problem of doing
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