luckycharmsandspecialdrink:

This is my life right now.

mediumaevum:

Impressive library of Melk Abbey, with countless medieval manuscripts, including a famed collection of musical manuscripts and frescos by Paul Troger.

In his well-known novel The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco named one of the protagonists “Adson von Melk” as a tribute to the abbey and its famous library.

Melk Abbey or Stift Melk is an Austrian Benedictine abbey, and one of the world’s most famous monastic sites. It is located above the town of Melk on a rocky outcrop overlooking the river Danube in Lower Austria, adjoining the Wachau valley.

booksnbuildings:

Peaceful splendour: the library at the abbey of St. Mang, Germany.

wordpainting:

thericericerice:

Miniature books! *gasp*

World’s smallest library by Jozsef Tari  

He might just have the largest smallest library … ever!

villa-rosie:

Mafra National Palace

bored-obessive:

Library of the Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle, Germany, refurbished to look as it did in 1746 [999 x 1024] - Imgur

Why is it the Europeans have the prettiest Libraries????? Just to walk through there!

perfectlibraries:

Library by hollin

Library in the Strahov Monastery, Prague, Czech Republic - June 2008

thelibrarianontherun:

teencenterspl:

A sneak peek at our Love Your Library Month posters.

This is such a neato idea - I had to reblog! Love getting great ideas from other libraries via Tumblr!

neil-gaiman:

Ah, the first Google result was a tumblr…

youcouldbethatclever:

Beautiful Libraries → Neil Gaiman’s Personal Library (The Basement, Neil Gaiman’s Home)

Take the 3D tour here.

(Source: starfledgling)

aileuromania:

seeherwrite:

powells:

bookshavepores:

Paradise by Paul Hagon on Flickr.

Happily, Borges has been popping up all over the place lately.

I’m pretty sure I’ve blogged this before, but it deserves another go.

Yes.