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The library is built on a platform, with nine steps the width of the building leading up to three front entrances. These are surmounted by large windows, which may have been fitted with glass or latticework. [19] Plan of the Library of Celsus. Flanking the entrances are four pairs of Composite columns elevated on pedestals.
The Library of Celsus, which was founded by Celsus and completed by his son Tiberius Julius Aquila; the father is buried in a crypt beneath the library, in a decorated marble sarcophagus. [5] Tiberius Julius Celsus Polemaeanus was born around 45 CE to a family of Ancient Greek origin, [7] [8] [9] in either Ephesus or Sardis. [8]
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The library was seriously damaged by the Herulian invasion of 267 and repaired by the prefect Herculius in AD 407–412. Library of Antioch: Antioch: Seleucid Empire Roman Syria: 364 Emperor Jovian [13] The library had been heavily stocked by the aid of the perpetrator's non-Christian predecessor, Emperor Julian (the Apostate). Library of the ...
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Floor plan of the Forum of Trajan. On the left side of the floor plan are the two library rooms. The Bibliotheca Ulpia ("Ulpian Library") was a Roman library founded by the Emperor Trajan in AD 114 in the Forum of Trajan, located in ancient Rome.
The library historically occupied the upper floor, while the ground floor was let to shops, and later cafes, as sources of revenue to the procurators. The gilded interior rooms are decorated with oil paintings by the masters of Venice's Mannerist period, including Titian , Tintoretto , Paolo Veronese , and Andrea Schiavone .