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Medieval Sanctuary; THE IRISH MINIATURES IN THE ABBEY LIBRARY OF ST. GALL By Johannes Duff and Petal Meyer. 150 pp., plus 19 color plates, plus 23 collotype reproductions. New ...

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This Breathtaking Monastic Library Holds 160000 Medieval Texts

There are grand libraries, and then there is the Abbey Library of St. Gallen. Inside a Benedictine monastery in eastern Switzerland, this Baroque masterpiece holds around 160,000 volumes, including ...