August 31, 2017 at 3:23 pm
The British Library Has Fully Digitized 570 Pages of Leonardo da Vinci’s Visionary Notebooks
A fascinating glimpse into one of the most brilliant minds in human history
A fascinating glimpse into one of the most brilliant minds in human history
“Palaces of Self-Discovery” is a photo series of libraries across Europe by French photographer Thibaud Poirier
The Duke Humfrey’s Library contains rare titles such as a Shakespeare First Folio and 1 of 42 Gutenberg Bibles
The breathtaking entrance sets the stage for a literary adventure
At nearly 65 meters in length (213 ft), it is filled with over 200,000 of the library’s oldest books
It’s miniature literature!
From musical instruments and sewing machines, to board games and GoPros.
Photograph by MATTHEW PETROFF The George Peabody Library is the 19th century research library of The Johns Hopkins University. It is located on the Peabody campus at Mount Vernon Place in Baltimore, Maryland. The collections are available for use by the general public, in keeping with the philanthropist George Peabody’s goal to create a…
© Jorge Royan / http://www.royan.com.ar / CC-BY-SA-3.0 Admont Abbey is a Benedictine monastery located on the Enns River in the town of Admont, Austria. It is the oldest remaining monastery in Styria and contains the largest monastic library in the world. The abbey is known for its Baroque architecture, art, and manuscripts. [Source] While…
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