The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for ...

MAR MATTI MONASTERY, Iraq – As Islamic State group militants advanced toward this monastery perched on a mountain in northern Iraq, the monks rushed to protect a cherished piece of their heritage: ...

The Namgyal Monastery Institute of Buddhist Studies in Ithaca will host an opening celebration for its new library and learning center this weekend. The festivities start at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 8 ...

The largest monastic library in Britain is to be "unlocked" and opened to the public using a £856,000 lottery grant. Downside Abbey, which is home to the oldest Benedictine Monastic Community in the ...

More than 8,000 books given in December by the Holy Trinity Monastery and Spiritual Center in Pikesville will soon be on the shelves of the Villa Julie College’s library. The books — including Tales ...

Less than a mile and a half south of Ithaca College, off of Danby Road, a golden archway beckons travelers through its maroon pillars, beneath a gold eight-spoked wheel and up into a tight cluster of ...

A Manhattan auction house found and returned the 16th- and 17th-century texts, which are thought to have been looted from a Greek monastery during the turmoil of World War I. By Colin Moynihan In 2008 ...

The Mount Angel Abbey rests on top of a hill offering a panoramic view of the verdant mid-Willamette Valley with its pastures, berry fields and hop yards framed by the not-too-distant Cascade ...

WADI EL NATRUN, EGYPT—A new library building has opened at the Coptic monastery of Deir al-Surian. Established in the sixth century, the current structure dates to the tenth century. Its 1,000 bound ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Main Floor Plan 1. Alter 2. Communion ...