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The Jefferson Market Library was open to the public last 10.12.13 during Open House New York. Waiting time to go up was about an hour and you have to climb 149 steps up the spiral staircase, but it was so worth it. Great views of Manhattan from up the tower!
Minerva of Peaceby Elihu Vedder
Pictured on this mosaic in the arched panel is the Roman Goddess Minerva--guardian of civilization. She is portrayed as the Minerva of Peace, but according to the artist who created her, Elihu Vedder, the peace and prosperity that she enjoys was attained only through warfare. A little statue of Nike, a representation of Victory, similar to those erected by ancient Greeks to commemorate their success in battle, stands next to Minerva. The figure is a winged female standing on a globe and holding out a laurel wreath (victory) and palm branch (peace) to the victors.
Shield and Helmet: Although Minerva's shield and helmet have been laid upon the ground, the goddess still holds a long, two-headed spear, showing that she never relaxes her vigilance against the enemies of the country that she protects.
Scroll: Her attention is directed to an unfolded scroll that she holds in her left hand. On this is written a list of various fields of learning, such as Architecture, Law, Statistics, Sociology, Botany, Biography, Mechanics, Philosophy, Zoology, etc. Minerva is therefore also the Goddess of Learning, an activity that can thrive in a peaceful society.
Owl: On Minerva's right is an owl, symbolizing wisdom, perched upon the post of a low parapet.
Inscription: Beneath the mosaic is an inscription from Horace's Ars Poetica: Nil invita Minerva, quae monumentum aere perennius exegit, and translated as, Not unwilling, Minerva raises a monument more lasting than bronze
The library at Wells Cathedral. Notice the books kept on chains to preserve them from theft. What a magnificent collection!
Here's Addison, Grote, and Sellers checking out the fountain in front of the Athenaeum Library in Providence, RI. Built in the 18th century, this was one of Lovecraft's favorite haunts.
Headquarters Library
Our graphic novel collection and selection of manga has grown significantly in the past year. Come by and check it out. There's something for everyone.
Date: 2004
Category: Library
Type: Image
Identifier: LP2411
Source: South Pasadena Public Library
Owner: South Pasadena Public Library
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Dr. William Johnson, from the Galveston County Extension visited the library and brought some bug slides to show the kids!
Our Daily Challenge group has chosen Library as today's topic.
The hereios of the We're Here! group have paid a visit to the just one word group today at the suggestion of ruthlesscrab
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Central Library Manchester, 36 Manchester Street. Corner of Manchester and Allen Streets. Friday 17 January 2014.
File Reference: 2014-01-17-IMG_1588
Photo by Donna Robertson.
From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries
The Summer Kickoff was another big hit this year with balloon animals, face painting and the mascot from Menchies!
Library of Celsus
Library of Celsus, restored.
Facade.
Facade (fragment).
Interior—central apse and niches.
The library of Celsus was built for Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus and completed in AD 135 in Ephesus, Asia Minor (Anatolia) (now Turkey). Celsus’ son, Gaius Julius Aquila (consul AD 110), built the library in honor of his father who was consul in AD 92, governor of Asia in AD 115, and a wealthy and popular local citizen. The library was built to store 12,000 scrolls and to serve as a monumental tomb for Celsus. It was unusual to be buried within a library or even within city limits, so this was a special honor for Celsus.
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The building is important as one of few remaining examples of an ancient Roman-influenced library. It also shows that public libraries were built not only in Rome itself but throughout the Roman Empire. In a massive restoration which is considered to be very true to the historic building, the front façade was rebuilt and now serves as a prime example of Roman public architecture. (The Library of Celsus may serve as a model for other, less well preserved, libraries elsewhere in the Empire, for it is possible that literary collections were housed in other Roman cities for the benefit of students as well as traveling Romans. Such libraries may also have housed collections of local documents of interest if they were not destroyed during the Roman conquest. Verulamium (St Albans) and Caesaromagus (Chelmsford) are reputed to have been sites of such Roman libraries.[citation needed])
The edifice itself is a single hall that faces eastward toward the morning sun, as Vitruvius advised, so as to benefit early risers. The library is built on a platform, with nine steps the full width of the building leading up to three front entrances. The center entrance is larger than the two flanking ones, and all are adorned with windows above them. Along the entrances are four pairs of Ionic columns elevated on pedestals. A set of Corinthian columns stands directly above the first set, adding to the height of the building. The pairs of columns on the second level frame the windows as the columns on the first level frame the doors, and they also create niches that would have housed statues. It is thought that there may also have been a third set of columns, though today there are only two registers of columns.
This type of facade with inset frames and niches for statues is similar to that found in ancient Greek theaters (the stage building behind the orchestra, or skene in the context of Greek theater), and is thus characterised as "scenographic".
The building's other sides are irrelevant architecturally because the library was surrounded by buildings on both sides.
The inside of the building, not fully restored, was a single rectangular room (55 feet wide by 36 feet (11 m) long) with a central apse framed by a large arch at the far wall. A statue of Celsus or of Athena, goddess of wisdom, stood in the apse, and Celsus’ tomb lay directly below in a vaulted chamber. Along the other three sides were rectangular recesses that held cupboards and shelves for the 12,000 scrolls. Celsus was said to have left a legacy of 25,000 denarii to pay for the library's reading material.
The second and third levels could be reached via a set of stairs built into the walls to add support to the building and had similar niches for scrolls. The ceiling was flat, and there may have been a central square oculus to provide more light.
The style of the library, with its ornate, balanced, well-planned façade, reflects the Greek influence on Roman architecture. The building materials, brick, concrete, and mortared rubble, signify the new materials that came into use in the Roman Empire around the 2nd century C.E.
The building's façade was depicted on the reverse of the Turkish 20 million lira banknote of 2001-2005[1] and of the 20 new lira banknote of 2005-2009.[2]
A guy who'd been sleeping in the back woke up and grabbed a beer, then accused everyone in the bar of saying he "looked like shit." I was worried that my flash (not used in this photo - I was doing a casual photo shoot for a band) had woken him up. I just said '"Good morning!" - it was 4pm.
I love The Library.
Vertical panorama of the 5th Avenue side of the Seattle Public Library. Four pictures stitched together.
This is Jeopardy! The Tweens and the Young Adults got to test their knowledge in a game of Jeopardy. The questions were pulled from real editions of Jeopardy for kids.
Photograph: Jay Paul
Image Taken: January 19, 2016
Rights: VCU Libraries. Attribution Required.
Further information: Communications and Public Relations Office, VCU Libraries, (804) 828-0129
The recently completed Sahuarita Library of the Pima County Library system, located at 670 W. Sahuarita Rd. in Sahuarita, AZ opened its doors on September 7, 2021.
News release: www.library.pima.gov/news/the-new-sahuarita-library-to-op...
Photos taken August 11, 2021
Please credit Pima County Communications
Creator: Straight, Willard Dickerman (1880-1918)
Title: [Illustration From 'Nuit D'ete']
Date: [c.190-]
Extent: 1 illustration, black and white 14.5x22.5cm
Notes: From the J.O.P. Bland Papers at the University of Toronto. Some of these drawings appeared in Bland’s Published works.
Format: Ink Drawing
Rights Info: No known restrictions on access
Repository: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5S 1A5, library.utoronto.ca/fisher
Part of: MS Coll. 81 Bland, J.O.P. Papers www.library.utoronto.ca/fisher/collections/findaids/bland...