Comments on: St Gallen – Switzerland a Baroque Library/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/Tales from Italy, Alps, British Isles and FranceFri, 03 Mar 2023 15:41:05 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Gladstone’s Library – A library with rooms – The Educated Traveller/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-28664Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:00:38 +0000/?p=579#comment-28664[…] St Gallen – Switzerland a Baroque Library […]

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]]>By: A dazzling medieval library in Switzerland…. – murreyandblue/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-28160Mon, 28 Feb 2022 00:00:59 +0000/?p=579#comment-28160[…] To read more about it, go to this site. […]

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]]>By: La Biblioteca de la Abadía de St. Gall: una de las bibliotecas en funcionamiento más antiguas del mundo - Descifrando Enigmas/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-27857Wed, 19 Jan 2022 11:17:06 +0000/?p=579#comment-27857[…] Simmonds, J., 2015. La Biblioteca de St. Gallen, Suiza. [Online]Disponible en: /2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/ […]

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]]>By: Scriptorium – The Educated Traveller/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-27807Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:22:56 +0000/?p=579#comment-27807[…] St Gallen – Switzerland a Baroque Library where there is an incredible collection of manuscripts and early books (incunabula) housed in a spectacular Baroque library. […]

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]]>By: Art can make you laugh… – The Educated Traveller/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-23109Sun, 29 Nov 2020 16:51:20 +0000/?p=579#comment-23109[…] The next painting to catch my eye is one of Spitzweg’s most famous ‘The Book Worm’ or ‘Der Bucherwurm’ in German. Again the humorous portrayal of the subject is immediately clear. The man, quite literally, has his nose in a book. He’s holding another book in his right hand and under his arm there’s another large tome. For good measure these’s another large volume secured between the gentleman’s knees. The library is brilliantly depicted too. It is a typical Baroque library of the 19th century, with heavily engraved, polished wooden book shelves. The gentleman’s attentions are focused on the ‘Metaphysik’ section. There’s a subtext here too – the book worm is unconcerned with worldly events. He is so bookish and book obsessed that he risks falling off the tottering steps into the caverns of leather-bound books below. He has all he needs in the pages of a book! I’ve written extensively about libraries in the past. The library that this picture brings to mind is the superb library of St Gallen in Switzerland. You can read more about this unique ‘sanatorium for the mind’ here: The Library of St Gallen, Switzerland […]

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]]>By: A Library is a Sanatorium for the Mind – The Educated Traveller/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-1698Sat, 30 Jun 2018 09:45:53 +0000/?p=579#comment-1698[…] Library of St Gallen article – The Library of St Gallen, Switzerland […]

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]]>By: Janet Simmonds/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-1422Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:41:46 +0000/?p=579#comment-1422In reply to Mary Lou Peters.

Thank you Mary Lou – you are always so positive about my articles and writing – I really appreciate it! Thank you again xxxx

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]]>By: Mary Lou Peters/2015/02/02/the-library-of-st-gallen-switzerland/comment-page-1/#comment-1421Fri, 22 Dec 2017 16:35:19 +0000/?p=579#comment-1421Janet–You amaze me with your curiosity and where it leads. Who else would make a long journey like you did just to visit a library? I’m so glad you did–this is no ordinary library! Thank you for taking us along and explaining things along the way, you Educated Traveller, you!

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