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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 ...
Washington borrwed the book when the library was sharing a building federal government. Staff discovered the book was missing in 2010 after conducting an inventory of books in the library's 1789-1792 ledger, [43] which had itself been missing until 1934. [44] Overdue fines woud theoretically amount to $300,000.
Codex 2603, the Four Gospels, is a historic codex held by the National Library of Greece. The book is attributed to scribe Matthew of the Hodegon Monastery, the so-called thutorakendutès. [citation needed] The codex shows two full-page miniatures of the Evangelists Mark and John, three headpieces and decorated initial letters. [1]
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.
The library consisted of four rooms, the largest of which was the main reading room (44.5 ft × 50 ft (13.6 m × 15.2 m)), lined with many shelves. [7] An empty space of approximately 50 cm (20 in) was left between the outer walls and the shelves to allow for air circulation, intending to prevent the library from becoming overly humid in the ...
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.
Tesla has recalled more than 370,000 vehicles for a power steering issue. The maker of electric vehicles said the recall covers 376,241 of its 2023 Model 3 sedans and Model Y SUVs (with operating ...
There are a number of collections of scholarship in Greece housed in digital open access repositories. [2] They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are free to read. As of March 2018, the UK-based Directory of Open Access Repositories lists some 36 repositories in Greece. [2]