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Thursday Thirteen #9 ~ Libraries

November 14, 2007 by Ellen

13 Libraries I’d love to visit

1. St. Deiniols Library (Gladstone’s) in N.E. Wales

2. Trinity College Library, Dublin (Long Room)

3. Rennie Mackintosh Library, Glasgow School of Art

4. British Library, London

5. The New Library of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

6. Codrington Library, All Souls College, Oxford

7. Hereford Cathedral Chained Library, Hereford, England

8. Suzallo Library, University of Washington, Seattle

9. John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, England

10. Queens College Library, Oxford

11. Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge

12. Strahov Monastery Library, Philosophical Hall, Prague

13. Bodlein Library Oxford

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Posted in Architecture, Art, Beauty, Books, Meme, Thursday Thirteen, Travel | 38 Comments

38 Responses

on November 14, 2007 at 10:21 pm | Reply Pamela Kramer

ok – those shots are just cool. I’m going to have to share this one. Great post!
on November 14, 2007 at 11:13 pm | Reply Coco

Oh. My. Those libraries look AWESOME (for some reason I’ve been using this word a lot today)!! I’d love to visit them as well…
on November 15, 2007 at 12:03 am | Reply Secret Agent Mama

This is an awesome TT!! I loved seeing all the beautiful library pictures.
on November 15, 2007 at 12:35 am | Reply Cristina Angela Carballo

Absolutely beautiful. I posted the same thing in my old blog.
on November 15, 2007 at 2:48 am | Reply Toni

Hi! Got here via TT. Oh man, those libraries look so majestic. If only we had those kinds of libraries where I live. I can spend a whole day, even two, just going through each aisle. Certified bookworm here!!
on November 15, 2007 at 5:13 am | Reply Raggedy

Awesome and Fabulous Photographs!!!!
I would love to walk through them!
Terrific Thursday Thirteen!
My TT is posted.
Have a wonderful day!
Happy TT’ing!
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on November 15, 2007 at 5:19 am | Reply Emmyrose

I love the pictures, its probably nice to go there
on November 15, 2007 at 5:27 am | Reply palofmine

Nice Thursday Thirteen! I just posted my Thursday Thirteen, with a few add ins! I hope you are having a good one! Please come by and visit my blog!

Have a nice day!
on November 15, 2007 at 6:30 am | Reply working at home mom

Oh boy those libraries look great!! I would be in them for days.
on November 15, 2007 at 6:34 am | Reply Serina

Those are gorgeous. I love this list. Happy TT!
on November 15, 2007 at 6:46 am | Reply Yen

WOW! those are some gorgeous photos! I love libraries:)
on November 15, 2007 at 10:19 am | Reply Autumn

Oooh. That’s a fantastic list!
Happy TT.
on November 15, 2007 at 11:44 am | Reply Kathy B

Ellen you came up with a really interesting subject of 13’s. You always do. I love how your mind works.
on November 15, 2007 at 11:59 am | Reply vixensden

Wow. Wow. I love plain, homely looking libraries. If I went to one of those, I might assume I had died and gone to heaven.

If I ever made it to #12, I might just lie down on the floor for a few hours.

Great TT. Thanks for visiting…which medication does your hubby’s work make? I may suggest it to my doc.
on November 15, 2007 at 12:24 pm | Reply colleen

wow!!!!

I think I’m speechless.

thanks for stopping by to see my TT earlier, too.
on November 15, 2007 at 12:29 pm | Reply Gina

Oh how I love libraries.
on November 15, 2007 at 12:57 pm | Reply Danica/Dream

Oh Wow!!!! Those are amazing!!!
on November 15, 2007 at 1:17 pm | Reply Jeannene

“I love this so much!!” The Architecture and lovely interior decor. in just out of this world. I want to go to these three Libraries as well…

Come visit me!
xo Jeannene
on November 15, 2007 at 1:42 pm | Reply Sarah

Those would be pretty to see! What a great topic to write on…..
Happy TT~

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on November 15, 2007 at 2:23 pm | Reply Natalie

I didn’t know there were such fancy libraries.
on November 15, 2007 at 2:38 pm | Reply MamaArcher

ah to have my own beautiful library someday! What a great dream!!
on November 15, 2007 at 3:26 pm | Reply Nap Warden

I have been to a couple of those…Quite a hefty list. Good luck visiting them!
on November 15, 2007 at 3:52 pm | Reply Karen Bastille

This is my favorite thirteen so far -
absolutely beautiful and what a great idea!
I was beginning to wonder if anyone ever visited libraries anymore in this day of the WWW.
Bless you!
on November 15, 2007 at 6:19 pm | Reply MissMeliss

Oh, marvelous. I want to visit them too, now.
on November 15, 2007 at 6:20 pm | Reply MissMeliss

These are lovely. Just lovely. Inspiring.
on November 15, 2007 at 6:29 pm | Reply jendisjournal

Beautiful pictures and intriguing libraries. Hadn’t thought about visiting libraries. Now I want to travel!
on November 15, 2007 at 6:52 pm | Reply Harris

Thanks! Now I wanna go too!

~Harris.
on November 15, 2007 at 7:26 pm | Reply nicholas

Wonderful pictures! I have been to the Bodlean and the British Library, but I’d love to see the others The idea of a chained library is very intriguing!
on November 15, 2007 at 7:46 pm | Reply Tiffnay Aller

What a fascinating topic! Thanks for visiting and thanks for sharing!!
on November 15, 2007 at 9:35 pm | Reply Katie

So this is our plan for our next vacation, yes? I’m itching to go to the Dublin one…..
on November 15, 2007 at 10:05 pm | Reply SJ Reidhead

Oh, yea, I agree! Have you ever been to the DAR Library in Washington?
Thanks for visiting The Pink Flamingo
on November 15, 2007 at 11:02 pm | Reply Michelle at Scribbit

I was hoping to have gone to at least one on your list–I’ve been to the British Library and that’s it I think. Only other famous one would be the Library of Congress.
on November 16, 2007 at 5:20 am | Reply Terri

Oh, what a great list for Thursday Thirteen. I’d love to go to any of those libraries.
on November 16, 2007 at 5:31 am | Reply amanda

some of those look so amazing! i am definitely scouting out the british library now! happy tt!
on November 16, 2007 at 12:08 pm | Reply infinitygoods

This bookworm would like to live in Library #12 and I would do the same as vixensden!!

Chained library? Medieval security system. Must have had some medieval hoodlums!
on November 16, 2007 at 2:12 pm | Reply Thea @ I'm a Drama Mama

Those are beautiful pictures!!
on November 16, 2007 at 7:53 pm | Reply Blue Momma

Those were great. The second one is my favorite. Sad only one of them is in the US. Of course, we have all of those great football stadiums. ~snicker~
on November 17, 2007 at 2:06 pm | Reply Creative Dandelion

WOW, those libraries are beautiful! I would love to visit them myself! Great T13!

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