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Chetham's Library in Manchester, England, is the oldest free public reference library in the English-speaking world. [1] Chetham's Hospital, which contains both the library and Chetham's School of Music, was established in 1653 under the will of Humphrey Chetham (1580–1653), for the education of "the sons of honest, industrious and painful parents", [1] and a library for the use of scholars.
Thomas Bodley founded the Bodleian Library, which was open to the "whole republic of the learned", Norwich City library was established in 1608 [111] and the British Library was established in 1753. Chetham's Library in Manchester, which claims to be the oldest public library in the English-speaking world, opened in 1653. [112]
The Vatican Library is a research library for history, law, philosophy, science, and theology. The Vatican Library is open to anyone who can document their qualifications and research needs. Photocopies for private study of pages from books published between 1801 and 1990 can be requested in person or by mail.
[43] [44] The library was managed by a qayim or conservator, who oversaw the maintenance of the collection. [34]: 143 [40] By 1613 one conservator estimated the library's collection at 32,000 volumes. [40] A document from the Qarawiyyin's library which is claimed by some scholars to be the world's oldest surviving medical degree, issued in 1207 CE
The library was established in 1604 (421 years ago) () by the Augustinian bishop and papal sacristan Angelo Rocca, and belonged to the Augustinian monastery. [4] Its founder, in whose honor the library is still named the Biblioteca Angelica, was an erudite scholar and keen collector of rare editions. [5]
The Al Qarawiyyin Library was founded in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri and is the oldest working library in the world. It is in Fez, Morocco and is part of the oldest continually operating university in the world, the University of al-Qarawiyyin. The library houses approximately 4,000 ancient Islamic manuscripts.
The library is to be open first hour until the sixth." [22] The library was ultimately consumed by the invading Germanic Heruli tribe in 267 AD. [22] The Library of Rhodes (Rhodes) (100 A.D.) The library on the island of Rhodes was a distinct component of the larger gymnasium structure. An enclosure that had been excavated revealed a section of ...
The Library dwindled during the Roman period, from a lack of funding and support. Its membership appears to have ceased by the 260s AD. Between 270 and 275 AD, Alexandria saw a Palmyrene invasion and an imperial counterattack that probably destroyed whatever remained of the Library, if it still existed. The daughter library in the Serapeum may ...