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At the end of 1830, the library, which Moustoxydis named the National Library, had 1,018 volumes of printed books, which had been collected from Greeks and philhellenes. In 1834, the library was relocated to Athens, the new capital, and was at first housed temporarily in the public bath in the Roman Agora of Athens and then later in the Panagia ...
The Gennadius Library main building in Athens, designed by the American architects John Van Pelt and W. Stuart Thompson and inaugurated in 1926.. The Gennadius Library (Greek: Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη), also known as the Gennadeion, is one of the most important libraries in Greece, with over 110,000 volumes on Greek history, literature and art from Antiquity until modern times.
The title page of Étienne Clavier's 1805 edition and French translation of the Bibliotheca. The Bibliotheca (Ancient Greek: Βιβλιοθήκη, Bibliothēkē, 'Library'), is a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, genealogical tables and histories arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century AD. [1]
The Library of Pantainos [1] was a building in ancient Athens. It was located at the southeast end of the Agora of Athens , south of the Stoa of Attalus , on the left side of Panathenaion Street. It was built by the Athenian philosopher Titus Flavius Pantainos [ 2 ] between 98 and 102 AD, during the reign of the Roman emperor Trajan .
Joannes, Ioannes or John Gennadius (Greek: Ἰωάννης Γεννάδιος, 1844–1932) was a Greek diplomat, writer, and speaker, best known for his donation of his collection of Greek books and art to the Gennadius Library. [1]
However, Stelletskii's search ended without ever finding the library. In 1978, S.O. Shmidt described an unpublished work by N.N. Zarubin from the 1930s called "The Library of Ivan the Terrible and His Books". Zarubin argued that the work of S. Belokurov was not impartial when claiming that the library did not exist. [2]: 312–313
Some of the items they stole included a white and red coffee cup, a stone that said "forgive" and two Chicken Soup for the Soul books Throughout the prank, Hulse recorded her grandma's reactions.
Imaginary depiction of the Library of Alexandria. The Pinakes (Ancient Greek: Πίνακες 'tables', plural of πίναξ pinax) is a lost bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog in the West; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus's tenure there during the ...