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Admont Abbey library, Admont, Austria
(Stift Admont - Bibilothek und Museum)
Built in 1776, known for Baroque art and architecture. The secret door leading to the balcony
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Admont Abbey library, Admont, Austria
(Stift Admont - Bibilothek und Museum)
Built in 1776, known for Baroque art and architecture. The secret door leading to the balcony
Beauty and the beast library
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The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, December 2022
Happy Lunar New Year!
Chinese New Year started on Sunday, January 22.
These images are from the publication entitled “潍坊民间孤本年画” (Folk New Year pictures extant in Weifang) in our Rübel Asiatic Research Collection.
Weifang is one of the Creative Cities of Craft and Folk Art recognized by UNESCO. The first kite took flight in Weifang 2400 years ago, and it became the center of Buddha statue making around the 5th and 6th centuries. Since the 18th century, Weifang has been the capital for craft and folk art in northern China. It is famous for producing kites, Chinese New Year paintings, paper cuttings, peach pit carvings, and silver inlaid paintings. (Summarized from UNESCO website: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/weifang)
Image 1 & 2: Gold and Jade in Piles, detail 110 x 57 cm, Qing Dynasty, Wood block process printing
Image 3: Gold and Jade in Piles, full view
潍坊民间孤本年画 Title: Weifang min jian gu ben nian hua 潍坊市寒亭区文化局, 山东画报出版社编 = Folk New Year pictures extant in Weifang only / Edited by Hanting Distrist [i.e. District] Culture Bureau of Weifang City and Shandong Dictorial [i.e Pictorial] Publishing House. Weifang Shi Hanting Qu wen hua ju, Shandong hua bao chu ban she bian = Folk New Year pictures extant in Weifang only Edition: 第1版. Published: 济南市 : 山東畫報出版社, 1999. Jinan Shi: Shandong hua bao chu ban she, 1999. 276 p.: chiefly col. ill. ; 42 cm. Language: Chinese & English 1999 HOLLIS number: 990084356020203941
Livraria Cultura - Avenida Paulista, São Paulo - SP
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Public Library Sedona, AZ (US),
Source: own picture (taken 2005)
Libraries Around the World 11
National Library of China in Beijing, China
Founded in 1909 by the government of the Qing dynasty
The National Library of China has amassed an astronomical collection of over 37 million items including the largest array of Chinese literature in the world
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library
Designed by Carrère and Hastings, the historic building contains an estimated 15 million items from medieval manuscripts and ancient Japanese scrolls to contemporary novels and comic books.
Starfield Library in Seoul, South Korea
Inside the world’s largest underground shopping mall
Starfield Library houses nearly 50,000 books and magazines spanning genres
Klementinum National Library in Prague, Czech Republic
The Klementinum is touted as “the Baroque pearl of Prague.”
The library first opened in 1722 as a part of a Jesuit university but now serves as the National Library of the Czech Republic, housing over 20,00 volumes of foreign theological literature.
Stuttgart City Library in Stuttgart, Germany
Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This Neo-Maueline stunner holds the biggest and most valuable collection of Portuguese literature outside of Portugal with nearly 400,000 rare manuscripts, singular works, and unique proofs decorating the shelves.
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