{"id":6657,"date":"2014-12-11T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2014-12-10T09:11:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T17:11:34","slug":"the-most-spectacular-libraries-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/the-most-spectacular-libraries-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The most spectacular libraries in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Rococo ceiling of the Theological Hall at Strahov Abbey was added 40 years after the room was initially completed; the masonry vaulting offered a degree of protection from fire \u2013 a huge problem in medieval and Renaissance libraries as coal or wood fires were used for heating. (Picture: Will Pryce)<\/p><\/div>\n

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In the remote Buddhist monastery of Haeinsa is preserved the Tripitaka Koreana, the most complete corpus of Buddhist doctrinal texts in the world, dating from 1251. (Picture: Will Pryce)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Camouflaged into its surroundings, the library at Liyuan, two hours north of Beijing, has a facade of flexed twigs wedged between rusty steel rails. Inside, bookshelves are used as floor, stairs, seats and tables. (Picture: Will Pryce)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Portugal\u2019s Jo\u00e3o the Magnanimous astonished the rector of the University of Coimbra by telling him that his request for help towards library facilities was too modest; the lavish result was financed with gold reserves that had been recently discovered in Brazil. (Picture: Will Pryce)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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