LONDON (RNS) — Work has begun on a new library to house the biggest collection of religious works in the world, outside the Vatican. It is the first edifice in 100 years to be built on the grounds of ...

One library e-book platform to unite them all? That’s the vision behind the upstart Palace Project, the nonprofit library-centered digital content platform which this week announced a major step ...

The London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury now has a refined bunker to house its magnificent religious archive including lavish illuminated texts and the execution warrant of Mary Queen of ...

The King met faith leaders from across the country at Lambeth Palace Library on Thursday afternoon, amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, Chief Rabbi Sir ...

When I walked into Budapest’s Metropolitan Ervin Szabo Library, I thought I might have come to the wrong place. I was looking for a palace, and it was supposed to be right here, but besides a grand ...

New photographs have been released of Wright & Wright’s completed Lambeth Palace Library which is due to open in early 2021 The £23.5 million national library and archive for the Church of England at ...

On the gleaming black banister of the Falaknuma Palace’s marble staircase, holding lit lamps in their right hands, statues of the nine muses stand on pedestals. In Greek mythology, the daughters of ...

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If the official estimates are to go by, there are 5,000-6,000 books covering diverse subjects but a considerable chunk deal with history, art and culture.Several Islamic books are also part of the ...