THE VATICAN'S SECRET ARCHIVES OPENED FOR NEW BOOK

THE VATICAN'S SECRET ARCHIVES HAVE BEEN THE SUBJECT OF LEGEND AND LORE FOR CENTURIES AND HAVE SPAWNED THE CREATION OF BOOKS AND NOVELS. NOW A SELECTION OF THE VATICAN'S DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED IN A STUNNING NEW BOOK, 'THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES'. THE 252 PAGE BOOK IS FULL OF COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS AND REPRESENTS A CHRONOLOGICAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE MEANDERING HISTORY OF THE PAST SEVERAL CENTURIES OF THE VATICAN WITH THE LIBER DIURNUS ROMANORUM PONTIFICUM, AN OLD BOOK CONTAINING FORMULAS IN USE BY THE PAPAL CHANCELLERY DATING BACK TO THE END OF THE 8th CENTURY. OTHER DOCUMENTS INCLUDE A LETTER FROM MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS TO POPE SIXTUS V, A LETTER FROM PIUS X TO HITLER, AND VARIOUS WORKS FROM SAINTS INCLUDING ST TERESA OF AVILA. THERE IS A SPECIAL EDITION VERSION OF 33 BOOKS WHICH ARE HAND-BOUND IN THE STUDIO OF THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES. THE COLLECTORS VERSION OF THE BOOK WILL BE PRINTED ON FELT AND HAND STITCHED WITH LEATHER TIES, EACH WILL BE INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED, STAMPED AND CERTIFIED AND WILL SELL FOR ABOUT $2,500. A PRESS RELEASE FROM THE PRINTER VDH BOOKS STATES THAT THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF PAYING A UNIQUE VISIT TO THE VATICAN SECRET ARCHIVES FOR THE LUCKY 33 BUYERS.