Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Abbey of St Gall' has mentioned 'Library' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| [4] Under abbot Waldo of Reichenau (740xe2x80x93814) copying of manuscripts was undertaken and a famous library was gathered. | WIKI |
| During the 9th century a new, larger church was built and the library was expanded. | WIKI |
| Over 400 manuscripts from this time have survived and are still in the library today. | WIKI |
| On 26 April 937 a fire broke out and destroyed much of the abbey and the adjoining settlement, though the library was undamaged. | WIKI |
| [7] During the 14th century Humanists[3] were allowed to carry off some of the rare texts from the abbey library. | WIKI |
| [3] In 1530, abbot Diethelm began a restoration that stopped the decline and led to an expansion of the schools and library. | WIKI |
| As of 2005[update], the library consists of over 160,000 books, of which 2100 are handwritten. | WIKI |
| The library interior is exquisitely realised in the Rococo style with carved polished wood, stucco and paint used to achieve its overall effect. | WIKI |
| The library also preserves a unique 9th-century document, known as the Plan of St. Gall, the only surviving major architectural drawing from the roughly 700-year period between the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the 13th century. | WIKI |
| The Plan drawn was never actually built, and was so named because it was kept at the famous medieval monastery library, where it remains to this day. | WIKI |
| Saint Othmar (719xe2x80x93759) John (759/60xe2x80x93782) Ratpert (782) Waldo (782xe2x80x93784) Werdo (784xe2x80x93812) Wolfleoz (812xe2x80x93816) Gozbert (816xe2x80x93837) Expanded the buildings, started collecting books for the library. | WIKI |
| It is an impressive architectural ensemble comprising different buildings regrouped around the main square of the abbey: The west side includes the ancient abbatial church (the present cathedral), flanked by two towers and the ancient cloister, which today houses the abbatial Library; located on the east side is the xe2x80x9cNeue Pfalzxe2x80x9d, the present seat of the canton authorities. | UNESCO |
| The High Baroque library represents one of the most beautiful examples of its era, and the present cathedral is one of the last monumental constructions of Baroque abbatial churches in the West. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The Abbey of St Gall may be considered as a typical example of a large Benedictine monastery, centre of art and knowledge, with its rich library and scriptorium. | UNESCO |
| The property comprises the entire monastic ensemble with the archives of the Abbey as well as the Abbatial Library and all the restructuring developments over more than 1200 years, and consequently retains all the necessary elements to express its Outstanding Universal Value. | UNESCO |