Latest posts tagged with #EveryLibraryMatters on Bluesky
Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra - ancient tomes on dark wooden shelves, arched doorway, highly decorated above shelves and door
Another in my series of libraries
Biblioteca Joanina, Coimbra
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Austrian National Library - large oval hall with white statue in middle, and statues along sides, vaulted ceiling with round windows and murals, two levels of wooden bookstacks with ladders
Another in my series of libraries
Austrian National Library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Biblioteca Real Gabinete Portugues de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - fabulous ironwork, three levels of bookshelves rising high
Another in my series of libraries
Biblioteca Real Gabinete Portugues de Leitura, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Handelingenkamer, Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, Den Haag - cast-iron shelves and balcony railings and spiral staircase, stained glass roof
Another in my series of libraries
Handelingenkamer, Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal, Den Haag
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris - large round domed room with round windows in ceiling, arches over four levels of bookstacks, tables and green lamps in middle
Another in my series of libraries
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Bristol Central Library - barrel-vaulted ceiling with skylights, all white pillars and walls, classical appearance.
Another in my series of libraries
Bristol Central Library
Edwardian Free Style architecture, designed by Charles Holden
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
St Gallen Abbey library, Switzerland - incredible deorated plaster ceiling, pillars, curving balustrades, two levels of wooden bookshelves, display cases
Another in my series of libraries
St Gallen Abbey library, Switzerland
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Codrington Library, University of Oxford - view from bottom looking up marvelous spiralling staircase to upper levels of books
Another in my series of libraries
Codrington Library, University of Oxford
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Waldsassen Monastery library, Germany - Sculpted wooden shelves and pillars, with figures and foliage, painted ceiling, two levels of books with antique bindings
Another in my series of libraries
Waldsassen Monastery library, Germany
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris - double-vaulted ceiling, rows of tables with lamps extending down long room, bookstacks to either side
Another in my series of libraries
Sainte-Geneviève Library, Paris
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Strahov Monastery library - glorious brightly painted ceiling with (I presume) biblical images, old globes on stands, sculpture of a saint, an antique reading stand which rotates books, and many stacks of ancient tomes
Another in my series of libraries
Strahov Monastery library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University - large open space with leather sofas and chairs beneath high coffered ceiling, with 5 levels of lighted bookstacks rising upwards
Another in my series of libraries
Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale University
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Trinity College library, Dublin - two floors of tall wooden bookstacks rising up, thousands of books in antique bindings, busts at end of each stack
Another in my series of libraries
You can't have too many views of Trinity College library, Dublin
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Trinity College library, Dublin - view down main room with two levels of high bookshelves containing books in antique bindings, busts at the end of each stack, and the rounded ceiling and stacks receding into distance
Another in my series of libraries
another view of Trinity College library, Dublin
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Trinity College library, Dublin - ladders leaned against rising bookstacks of books with antique bindings, beside view down corridor showing bookstacks extending into distance
Another in my series of libraries
Trinity College library, Dublin
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Books on shelves erected around base of large tree. Sorry, I don't know the location
Another in my series of libraries
tree library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Travelling library, Hereford Cathedral, 15th-century - large wooden chest with carrying pole fixed through iron rings
Another in my series of libraries
15th-century travelling library, Hereford Cathedral
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #MedievalSky
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto - view from upper floor down into central octagonal area, with tall lighted pillars and rising bookstacks on each floor
Another in my series of libraries
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, MA - spacious high meeting room with long table and chairs, stained glass, with two balconies rising up, and bookstacks seen to either side
Another in my series of libraries
Thomas Crane Library, Quincy, MA
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Marsh's Library in Dublin - separate alcoves (that look a bit like choir stalls!) with doors leading to old books on shelves, bottom half of door wood, middle part mesh, top part is arched design in white
Another in my series of libraries
This one in Ireland in honour of St Patrick's Day:
Marsh's Library in Dublin
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #StPatricksDay
Sage Library, New Brunswick, Theological Seminary, New Jersey - two levels of beautiful bookstacks over large open hall with high windows
Another in my series of libraries
Sage Library, New Brunswick, Theological Seminary, New Jersey
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #poetry
Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth - metal shelves of slim volumes of poetry, and a display shelf at front with sign saying 'Northern Poetry Library'
Another in my series of libraries
Northern Poetry Library, Morpeth, Northumberland.
Not so 'scenic', but a library dedicated to poetry is inherently beautiful!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #poetry
New York Public Library - huge reading room with desks and desklamps, chandeliers, arched windows, and decorated ceiling painting with blue sky and clouds
Another in my series of libraries
New York Public Library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Melk Abbey library, Austria - ancient beautifully bound tomes on wooden shelves, with decorations on panels, and gold leaf. Huge globe in stand.
Another in my series of libraries
Melk Abbey library, Austria
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Maria Laach Abbey library, Germany - marvelous photo of metal winding staircase between high bookstacks, leading to balcony-bridges crossing from one side to the other
Another in my series of libraries
Maria Laach Abbey library, Germany
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
A white horse with panniers of children's books strapped to her, visiting remote homes. Luna is eating some grass while a very excited child is running towards the books with his mother
Another in my series of libraries
Luna the Library Horse - mobile library in Indonesia!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire - mini library in a box on a post outdoors on a hill by a bench
Another in my series of libraries
Library in the Landscape, Tegg's Nose, Cheshire.
Small but beautiful!
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
John Hopkins University Library - view of long open hall with balconied floors of books rising to either side, large window in ceiling
Another in my series of libraries
John Hopkins University Library
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
Another in my series of libraries
Highclere Castle, secret door in library
[and yes, this is where Downton Abbey is filmed]
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky #WorldBookDay
Gando Library, Burkina Faso - elliptical shape, ceiling is made using locally crafted earthenware pots sawn in half, against which the concrete slab is cast
Another in my series of libraries
Gando Library, Burkina Faso
(and yes, it's just *before* they put the books on the shelves!)
#SomethingBeautiful #LoveLibraries #EveryLibraryMatters #Libraries #Library #LibrarySky #libsky
