10
WORLD’S
BEAUTIFUL
ANCIENT
LIBRARIES
By Farah Dinah Hassan
D
o you ever heard about
the book called The
Canon of Medicine
(1025) by Avicenna? For
many centuries, the book is still well
keep in most of the world’s famous
and old libraries such as Bodleian
Library, The British Library &
Laurentian Library.
Nowadays, people can
still refer and read the original
copy of oldw books, manuscripts,
photographs, maps and documents
that came from many centuries
because the existence of libraries.
Libraries is a heaven for
bibliophiles,
historophile
and
Philomath. Libraries is not only
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have books and manuscripts, but
libraries also do have their own
museum that holds some old
artifacts, monuments, sculptures
and antique creations. Each libraries
have their own unique concept,
historical elements and aesthetic
values.
For the libraries lovers,
nothing can beat the smell of the
old books when reading it, the
loves for seeing the tall bookshelves
that covered all the walls inside the
library and the feeling of studying on
the wooden antique table. So, here
are the 10 list of world’s beautiful
and ancient libraries.