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#9 – Melk Monastery Library, Austria
Monastery library is divided into two premises, decorated frescoes by Paul Troger, an Austrian painter, in 1731-1732. The frescoes depicts an allegory of faith - a woman who is holding a book with seven seals, lamb and a shield with a dove, surrounded by figures of angels and the four allegorical embodiments of the virtues: prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance. The library is about 100,000 manuscripts and printed volumes.
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