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Nominations Nominate Your Favourite Library - and You May Win a FREE Calendar If you wish to see one or more of your favourite beautiful old libraries in future editons of the Renaissance Library Calendar and Collection, please send us your nominations. When we make our final selection we focus on angles like: - is the library photogenic? - is the library situated in a seldom covered or even new country? - is the library old enough for the calendar - about 100 years old or more? - does the library have an interesting history? - are there any books in the picture? To send your nomination, simply click on the email link below and tell us about your chosen library. If you can give us the name of a contact at the library, that would be very helpful. Send your nomination "The beauty comes from within" To be considered for inclusion in the calendar, the library you nominate needs to be among the most beautiful old libraries in the World - on the inside. A list of the libraries, which have already appeared in our Calendar, is shown below. The list shows the name of each library, its location, the year of its foundation, and the year of the calendar edition in which it was published. There are a few calendars left from the earlier years, 2001-2007, which you can still buy. You can see details in our archive here The 2008 edition of the calendar is now on sale here. Libraries which have already appeared: Abbey Library, Melk, Melk, Austria, 1089 , 2008 Abbey Library, St Gallen, Switzerland, 1758, 2001 Abbey Library of Vorau, Vorau, Austria, 1163, 2008 Abbey Library, Waldsassen, Germany, 1585, 2001 Altenburg Abbey Library, Altenburg, Austria, 1729-42, 2003 American Antiquarian Society Library, Worcester, MA, USA, 1812, 2007 Angelica Library, Rome, Italy, 1765, 2003 Armagh Public Library, Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, 1771, 2008 Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA, 1918, 2008 Artis Library, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1838, 2006 Austrian National Library, Vienna, Austria, 1723-26, 2002 Bernadotte Library, Stockholm, Sweden, 1796, 2002 Bolton Library, Cashel, Ireland, 1730, 2007 Boston Public Library, Boston, USA, 1895 , 2003 Canterbury Cathedral Library, Canterbury, UK, 597AD, 2006 Casanatense Library, Rome, Italy, 1701, 2006 Cathedral Library, Freising, Germany, 1734, 2002 Cathedral Library, Kalocsa, Hungary, 1784, 2004 Chetham's Library, Manchester, UK, 1653, 2003 City Library of Antwerp, Belgium, 1883, 2004 City and University Library of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 1794, 2005 Doe Memorial Library, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, 1868, 2008 Duke Humfrey's Library, Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK, 1598, 2001 Einsiedeln Abbey Library, Einsiedeln, Switzerland, 1738, 2005 Feehan Memorial Library, Mundelein, USA, 1929, 2007 Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, USA, 1932, 2004 Franciscan Monastery Library, Schwaz, Austria, 1507, 2007 Fransiscan Monastery of Friars Minor, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1695, 2005 Frederick Ferris Thompson Memorial Library at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA, 1905, 2004 George Peabody Library, Baltimore, USA, 1878, 2002 Great Library, Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, Canada, 1895, 2004 Helsinki University Library, Finland, 1840, 2001 Hereford Cathedral Chained Library, Hereford, UK, 1611, 2005 Joanina Library, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 1725, 2001 John Carter Brown Library, Providence, USA, 1846, 2007 John Rylands University Library of Manchester, UK, 1900, 2004 King James Library, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK, 1612, 2008 Klosterneuburg Abbey Library, Klosterneuburg, Austria, 1834-1842, 2005 Kremsmünster Abbey Library, Kremsmünster, Austria, 1680, 2003 Lambach Monastery Library, Lambach, Austria, 1056, 2008 Law Society Library, London, UK, 1832, 2007 Library Company of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA, 1731, 2006 Library of Castilla-La Mancha, Borbón-Lorenzana room, Toledo, Spain, 1771, 2006 Library of Collegium Maius, Jagellonien University, Krakow, Poland, 1515, 2008 Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA, 1897, 2002 Library of Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Quebec, Canada, 1824 Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada, 1876, 2002 Library of St. Walburga, Zutphen, Netherlands, 1564, 2002 Library of the Ajuda National Palace, Ajuda, Portugal, 15th century, 2007 Library of the Benedictine Monastery of Admont, Austria, 1776, 2004 Library of the Boston Athenæum, Boston, MA, USA, 1849, 2005 Library of the Francke Foundations, Halle, Germany, 1698, 2006 Library of the National Palace of Mafra, Mafra, Portugal, 1717, 2006 Library of the Palace of the Conde d’Obidos, Lisbon, Portugal, unknown, 2005 Library of the Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerpen, Belgium, 1563, 2006 Library of the Sorbonne, Paris, France, 1897, 2003 Library/Sacristy of St. Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt, 527AD, 2004 Lilienfeld Abbey Library, Lilienfeld, Austria, 1202, 2006 Mackintosh Library, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK, 1909, 2003 Malatesta Library, Cesena, Italy, 1447, 2006 Marciana National Library, Venice, Italy, 1560, 2001 Marsh's Library, Dublin, Ireland, 1701, 2001 Mazarine Library, Paris, France, 1689, 2002 Mechanics' Institute Library, San Francisco, CA, USA, 1854, 2008 Monastic Library at Yuso, San Millán de la Cogolla, Spain, 1665, 2005 National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK, 1882, 2002 National Library of Malta, Valletta, Malta, 1796, 2005 National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1795, 2001 National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, 1727, 2002 New Norcia Library, Benedictine Community, New Norcia, Australia, 1846, 2008 New York Academy of Medicine Library, New York City, USA, 1926. 2003 Palafoxiana Library, Puebla, Mexico, 1646, 2006 Parliamentary Library, Wellington, New Zealand, 1899, 2002 Philadelphia Athenaeum Library, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 1814, 2007 Queen's College Library, Oxford, UK, 1695, 2002 Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island, USA, 1747, 2003 Riggs Library, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, 1891, 2004 Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, New Library, UK, 1682, 2001 Royal Library of the Monastery of El Escorial, Madrid, Spain, 1575, 2004 St. Florian Monastery Library, St. Florian, Austria 1745-1751, 2005 St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, USA, 1912, 2005 St Peter Monastery Library, St. Peter, Germany, 1752, 2007 Salamanca University General Library, Spain, 1749, 2001 State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, 1913, 2003 Suzzallo Library, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 1926, 2005 Swedish Parliament Library, Stockholm, Sweden, 1851, 2004 Thysiana Library, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1653, 2007 Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland, 1732, 2003 Trolleholm Castle Library, Svalöv, Sweden, late 18th century, 2006 Uffizi Library, Florence, Italy, 1720s, 2007 Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences and Humanities, Görlitz, Germany, 1807, 2004 Vatican Library, Vatican State, 16th century, 2001 Vilnius University Library, Vilnius, Lithuania, 1570, 2003 Wiblingen Monastery Library, Ulm, Germany, 1744, 2007 Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, 1695, 2001 York Minster Library, York, UK, 750, 2008 To send your nomination, simply click on the email link below and tell us about your chosen library. 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