The Abbey Library of St Gallen: Director's Choice by Cornel Dora (English) Paper

Description: The Abbey Library of St Gallen by Cornel Dora, Philipp Lenz, Franziska Schnoor Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The Abbey Library of St Gallen illustrates the part played by the monasteries in the development of western culture and is unique in its quality and completeness. Publisher Description The Abbey Library of St Gallen is one of the oldest libraries still surviving today. It can be traced back to the Irish missionary Gall, who established the first community of monks in St Gallen in 612. As the healing-place of the soul, the library has a collection that is unique in the world for its quality and completeness, illustrates the part played by the monasteries in the development of western culture and contains many treasures. Its Baroque Hall is one of the most beautiful library spaces imaginable.The library and its collection are listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and are included in its Memory of the World Register.The members of the management team of the Abbey Library present a personal choice of the most important items in the library and a few other objects that are worth seeing. Author Biography Cornel Dora is an academic librarian and has an Executive MBA from the University of St Gallen. Since 2013 he has been the St Gallen Abbey Librarian.Philipp Lenz, the Deputy Abbey Librarian, has been cataloging and researching the medieval manuscripts in the Abbey Library of St Gallen since 2004.Franziska Schnoor, Deputy Head of Research, joined the Abbey Library of St Gallen in 2010 as an acedemic assistant. In 2017 she gained a Doctorate in Medieval and Modern Latin Philology from the University of Göttingen. Details ISBN 1785513788 ISBN-13 9781785513787 Title The Abbey Library of St Gallen Author Cornel Dora, Philipp Lenz, Franziska Schnoor Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 80 Publisher Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd GE_Item_ID:160668903; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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