Design Appreciation: Vatican Renovates Ultra-luxury Library Design Appreciation: Vatican Renovates Ultra-luxury Library According to a recent report in Lianhe Evening News of Taiwan Province Province, the Vatican announced that the library renovation project costing 9 million euros and taking three years has been completed and will be reopened on September 20th. The reconstructed library will use 2 1 century technology to protect books dating back to 2000 years ago. In addition to explosion-proof stacks, temperature-controlled reading rooms, fireproof and dusty floors and walls, closed-circuit monitors, etc. More than 70,000 precious books will also be equipped with anti-theft chips.

Founded in 1450, it was closed for the first time in 2007.

The Vatican decided to close the library for renovation in 2007, which was the first time that Pope Nicholas V closed the library since it was established in the 1960s.

At the beginning of its establishment, the Vatican Library had only 350 volumes. By the time Nicholas V died in 1455, it had increased to 1500 volumes, making it the largest library in Europe at that time. At present, there are 6.5438+0.6 million volumes, including 75,000 manuscripts. The precious collection includes a Bible dating from 350 AD, which is the oldest known Bible. There is also a Bible whose pages are decorated with 1.5 kg of gold.

The Vatican allows 4,000 to 5,000 scholars to study in the library every year, but only the Pope can take books out of the library, and food and pens are strictly prohibited in the reading room.

Even mineral springs are not allowed. Installing a chip in the library this time will not only facilitate the location of the library, but also prevent it from being stolen. 1978, Menikas, a professor of art history at Ohio State University, tore up the pages of a manuscript of14th century and smuggled it out of the library. 19961April exquisite mural sculpture.