The discovery of rare music inside a medieval book has brought the sound of monks back to an abbey for the first time in 500 ...

The library at the Admont monastery in Austria, which is said to be the inspiration behind Disney's 1991 animation of Beauty and the Beast (Getty Images) By. Susie Beever; 07:35, 20 Aug 2022; ...

Visit The Largest Monastery Library In The World At Admont Abbey Austria has its fair share of beautiful libraries, like its ...

Luckily, “the literary material kept in the archives, the manuscripts, the library and some of the artistic treasures of the abbey were saved, thanks to the work and efforts of German priests ...

The Admont abbey library in the small Styrian town—which claims to be the largest monastic library in the world—is also the most Instagramable. Image: Joe Klamar / AFP.

The library's 70-metre-long hall is packed with 70,000 books. While it was opened in 1776, the oldest manuscripts date from the eighth century and were miraculously spared from a 1865 fire that ...

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 ...

So dazzling are the monastery's 13-metre-high Baroque-style shelves, it's said to have been the inspiration behind the castle library in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.