The British Library
- allinclusivetravels
- Apr 23, 2014
- 2 min read
On April 23 is the world's book day and since i enjoy to read a lot i decide to write about something different. I'm not going to tell you about a place for going on vacations. I 'm going to write about the Biggest library in the world!!!
The library is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. It is located on the north side of Euston Road in St Pancras between Euston railway station and St Pancras railway station.
British library in London has around 14 millions books!!! As a legal deposit library, the British Library receives copies of all books produced in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including a significant proportion of overseas titles distributed in the UK. The British Library adds some three million items every year occupying 9.6 klm of new shelf space.
Some Highlights selected by the British Library include:
The Diamond Sutra, the world's earliest dated printed book printed in 868 during the Tang Dynasty.
The Codex Sinaiticus, the major portion of the world's second-oldest manuscript of the Bible in koine Greek from the 4th centure, a priceless treasure.
Two copies of Magna Carta from 1215.
The Codex Arundel, one of Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks.
William Tyndale's English translation New Testament, the personal copy of Anne Boleyn from 1534.
Find more details and photos in my photo gallery , feel free to contact me for more informations and if you love to read books and you would like to visit the British Library then answer 5 simple questions in my secret section fill in the form and go read as many books as you can.
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