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Those are late-medieval choir books. Before paper replaced vellum, book production was hideously expensive. Making a copy of the music was a multi-year undertaking involving several skilled professionals (tanners, binders, icopyists, etc). The preferred solution was to have one massive book per cathedral that everyone read simultaneously. That one book needed to be huge so that the singers in the back row of the choir could also see the notes. Giant Library, Stacks Of Books, Man Reading, Prague Castle, Isaac Asimov, Medieval Manuscript, Nikola Tesla, Reading A Book, E Card

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Around the world, some destinations do not lend themselves to tourists, like the North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, where the indigenous tribe may will try to kill anyone who comes ashore.

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Above. Views of the Vatican Apostolic Library (Bottom photo view of the Manuscript Reading Room) View of the second hall of the «piano nobile» with the marble bust of Father Augustin Theiner, Prefect of the Vatican Secret Archives between 1855 and 1870. Above the door there is the coat of arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese Caffarelli, Librarian between 1609 and 1618 Coat of Arms of Cardinal Scipione Borghese, librarian of the Holy Roman Church (1609-1618), with the crowned eagle and the…

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I couldn't sleep last night so, in between Belle's feedings, I did a little research on places I want to visit and things I want to do and see while we are in Rome this summer. J.D. mentioned that we should look into Open Tour for sightseeing like we did in Paris. Since it's so…

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Official English Twitter account of the Vatican Library. Italian account: @bibliovaticana. Instagram: bibliotecaapostolicavaticana.

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