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If only they could make facsimiles available, maybe even online. But it would take an army of archivists several lifetimes to accomplish that task at the Vatican. Still, if you think about it, most of that stuff never sees the light of day, and will disintegrate to dust eventually without ever being of any use to anyone. Seems pointless.
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Yes, they most certainly need proper care and handle. There are a lot of facsimiles available online by the way. I will post a few links with digital facsimiles collections, if you are interested to look at. I haven't searched their collections and I don't know if you need to be a member to access their libraries and how much of the material pertains to early music...
Digital Scriptorium
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
CEEC
Roman de la Rose
Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
Julliard Manuscript Collection (baroque to 20th century)
Alexandros
P.S. Google "music facsimiles" to find more online libraries.