Search
Search Results
Image
Ptolemy II Philadelphus Founds the Library of Alexandria
"Tolomeo Filadelfo nella biblioteca di Alessandria", or "Ptolemy Philadelphus founds the Library of Alexandria", is an oil painting from 1813 by Italian artist Vincenzo Camuccini (1771-1844 CE). The painting portrays the Greco-Macedonian...
Image
Old Library, Trinity College Dublin
The Long Room of the Old Library at Trinity College Dublin dates from the early 18th century and contains the oldest books of the Trinity library.
Image
Library of Hadrian, East Wall
The Library of Hadrian in Athens showing the eastern end wall of the peristyle court. The room with the niches (now under scaffolding) would have been the library proper, where ancient scrolls were stored. c. 132-134 CE.
Image
Facade, Library of Hadrian, Athens
The north facade of the Library of Hadrian, Athens. c. 132-134 CE
Image
Oheka Castle Library
Library of Oheka Castle, Huntington, Long Island, USA, built by the industrialist Otto Herman Khan (l. 1867-1934) during the Gilded Age of America.
Image
Capital, Library of Hadrian
A Corinthian capital from the north facade of the Library of Hadrian, Athens. c. 132-134 CE
3D Image
Library of Celsus - 3D View
The Library of Celsus is an ancient Roman building in Ephesus, Anatolia, now part of Selçuk, Turkey. It was built in honour of the Roman Senator Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus completed between circa 114–117 CE by Celsus’ son, Gaius Julius...
Image
Plan of Hadrian's Library
A plan of the Library of Hadrian, Athens. c.132-134 CE. Later churches constructed at the centre of the complex are also indicated.
Image
Library of Ashurbanipal
Library of Ashurbanipal.
Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London.
Image
Abbey Library St. Gallen
Abbey Library St. Gallen, Switzerland.
