An original manuscript from the Vatican Apostolic Library. / Screenshot from Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana YouTube channel.Vatican City, Oct 7, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).The Vatican Library has a ninth-century manuscript currently on display at the Dubai Expo.Three original manuscripts from the Vatican Apostolic Library are part of a Holy See exhibit on display until March 31, 2022, at the world's fair in the United Arab Emirates.Screenshot from Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana YouTube channel.The oldest of the documents is an Arabic translation of the Greek scholar Theon of Alexandria's introduction to Ptolemy's "Handy Tables," produced between 800 A.D. and 830 A.D. by the Bayt al-?ikmah, or House of Wisdom, in Baghdad.It is the first time that the manuscript has left the Vatican Library. A video released by the Vatican explained how it came into the possession of the Catholic Church centuries ago.In the late ninth century, Christian monks from a Palestinian monastery purchased scra...