{"id":5729,"date":"2006-12-20T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2006-12-20T17:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5729"},"modified":"2024-10-27T08:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T12:43:06","slug":"heart-achey-beauty-of-libraries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5729","title":{"rendered":"Libraries of the World: Heart-achey Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is for my father, and for all library-lovers everywhere.<\/p>\n<h3>Theology Room at St. Deiniol&#8217;s library, North Wales<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/deiniol.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"742\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/deiniol.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/deiniol-138x200.jpg 138w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/deiniol-276x400.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/deiniol-69x100.jpg 69w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Herzog August Bibliothek, Germany<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/herzogaugust.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/herzogaugust.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/herzogaugust-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/herzogaugust-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<h3>Austrian National Library (the Prunksaal)<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/prunksalaLIBRARY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"732\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/prunksalaLIBRARY.jpg 538w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/prunksalaLIBRARY-147x200.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/prunksalaLIBRARY-294x400.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/prunksalaLIBRARY-73x100.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<h3>Strahov Monastery &#8211; the 1st library, Prague, Czechoslovakia<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Another one of Strahov Monastery Library -Prague, Czechoslovakia<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov3-e1665584426288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179938\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<h3>Strahov Monastery &#8211; Theological Library, Prague, Czechoslovakia<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov2-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/strahov2-100x66.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<h3>Bodleian Library, Oxford University, England<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/bodlein-e1665584465657.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"612\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179940\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h3>National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/russia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/russia.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/russia-141x200.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/russia-71x100.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h3>National Library of Russia &#8211; the manuscript department, St. Petersburg, Russia<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/manuscriptdept.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/manuscriptdept.jpg 603w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/manuscriptdept-200x139.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/manuscriptdept-400x277.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/manuscriptdept-100x69.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<h3>The Cathedral Library, Freising, Germany<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/cathedrallibrary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/cathedrallibrary.jpg 378w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/cathedrallibrary-200x141.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/cathedrallibrary-100x71.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h3>The New Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/edinburghlibrary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179944\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/edinburghlibrary.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/edinburghlibrary-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/edinburghlibrary-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/edinburghlibrary-100x67.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h3>The Abbey Library, St. Gallen, Switzerland &#8211; I had to post 2 images of this spectacular interior<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"220\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen.jpg 552w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen-200x80.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen-400x159.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen-100x40.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"402\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen2.jpg 275w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen2-137x200.jpg 137w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen2-274x400.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/stgallen2-68x100.jpg 68w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<h3>El Escorial Library, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/esescorial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/esescorial.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/esescorial-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/esescorial-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/esescorial-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Melk Monastery Library, Melk, Austria<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/melkmonastery-e1665584609373.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179948\" \/><\/p>\n<p><h3>Trinity College Library, Cambridge, UK<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/trinitycollege-e1665584682138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"491\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179949\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<h3>Trinity College &#8211; the Long Room, Dublin, Ireland<\/h3>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/longroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"535\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-179950\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/longroom.jpg 476w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/longroom-178x200.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/longroom-356x400.jpg 356w, https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/longroom-89x100.jpg 89w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is for my father, and for all library-lovers everywhere. Theology Room at St. Deiniol&#8217;s library, North Wales Herzog August Bibliothek, Germany Austrian National Library (the Prunksaal) Strahov Monastery &#8211; the 1st library, Prague, Czechoslovakia Another one of Strahov Monastery &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=5729\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[2402,644,153,2208,1492,35,150,2327,2526,2313,2727],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5729"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179951,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5729\/revisions\/179951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}