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06-MAR-2017

Strahov Library - Theological Hall, Philosophical Hall (Strahovská knihovna)



The library of the Premonstratensian monastery at Strahov is one of the most valuable and best-preserved historical libraries – its collection consists of approximately 200,000 volumes. The oldest part of the library, the Baroque Theological Hall, was established between 1671 and 1674; the main Classicist vaults of the Philosophical Hall date from 1794 and are two storeys tall. Both halls are dominated by ceiling frescoes by Siard Nosecký and Anton Maulbertsch.

Baroque Theological Hall - established in the years 1671 - 1679 according to a project of architect Giovanni Dominik Orsi, who also made the ceiling’s stucco decorations. There are about 18 000 books in the Baroque libraries focused on theology, there are also wooden carved cartouches with pictures and inscriptions above the racks indicating the type of literature in the respective department. This is the first librarian gadget. Ceiling frescoes by Siard Nosecký, which date back to the 18th century, depict the people’s attitudes towards books; Latin inscriptions are quotations from the Bible. There is an interesting exhibit in the Theological Hall, and it is the so called compilation wheel, which is a desk to be used in compiling texts. There were books placed on the wheel’s racks, and a special mechanism prevented the books from falling down, and kept them in place.There are earth and astronomical globes on both sides of the hall.The interior was restored in the years 1993 - 1994.

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Julie Oldfield04-May-2017 14:28
Amazing! V
janescottcumming03-May-2017 21:51
I don't think I could concentrate in there, so much to look at! V
Jeff Real03-May-2017 17:26
I would love to see this amazing place!
Great work!
~V~
Ceya03-May-2017 13:26
This is probably the most beautiful library in the world?! You have captured it very well indeed! V!
Astroid Photography03-May-2017 11:06
Amazing capture. V
Tom LeRoy03-May-2017 07:05
A great looking library, and an amazing ceiling. V
Hank Vander Velde03-May-2017 02:17
Excellent shot of this beautiful interior Jose.
Nirvan Hope03-May-2017 01:44
Amazing library with that ceiling - what history there must be in those books!
Gill Kopy03-May-2017 01:32
I love how the ceiling blends with the bookshelves - and the lighting is lovely V
Carter Creek03-May-2017 00:18
An amazing capture of this beautiful library. V
Dave Berry02-May-2017 23:41
What an amazing room! I don't think there is anything in this country that can match that. BV!
Neil Marcus02-May-2017 22:21
Well taken, Jose. "V"
Tom Munson02-May-2017 21:28
This is a wonderful setting, Jose.
Walter Otto Koenig02-May-2017 20:52
My kind of place. I like the collection of globes and how they maximized the room for the bookshelves. "V"
laine02-May-2017 20:38
So beautiful...what a perfect library that is.
danad02-May-2017 20:34
A superb capture. V.
Jim Coffman02-May-2017 20:03
This library is AMAZING!!! Great image, Jose!!
Martin Lamoon02-May-2017 19:43
A fine capture of this old library.
v
Jola Dziubinska02-May-2017 19:36
Amazing ceiling, great perspective! V.
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