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2 days ago · The three-chambered space is the world’s largest monastic library hall and features seven ceiling frescoes depicting the phases of human knowledge painted by Bartolomeo Altomonte and wood sculptures and reliefs by Joseph Stammel. Ornate bookcases hold 70,000 books from the abbey’s collection of 200,000 books, manuscripts, and prints.
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May 9, 2024 · Wiblingen Monastery Library, Germany ... Abbey Library at St Gall is among the most elegant and oldest in the world. ... The library collection was founded in the 8th century and many of the ...
May 21, 2024 · Holmes devotees, known as Sherlockians or Holmesians, frequently gather in societies around the world to pay tribute to the master detective with a cultist fervor. The most established of these societies are the invitation-only Baker Street Irregulars, founded in 1934, and the Sherlock Holmes Society of London, founded in 1951 and open to anyone.
- Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle. However, Conan Doyle did model Holmes’s methods and man...
- Sherlock Holmes’s success as a “consulting detective” comes from his uncanny ability to gather evidence based upon his honed skills of observation...
- Claiming that Sherlock Holmes distracted him “from better things,” Arthur Conan Doyle in 1893 famously attempted to kill him off in the story “The...
- Sherlock Holmes’s greatest nemesis is Professor James Moriarty whom Holmes considers the “Napoleon of Crime.” The character of Professor Moriarty r...
- Sherlock Holmes never marries anyone in Arthur Conan Doyle’s original stories. The only woman whom Holmes ever holds in high regard is Irene Adler—...
May 16, 2024 · Abbey Holmes throws support behind Darwin's AFL bid. But Channel 7 sideline reporter Holmes is all for the introduction of a Darwin-based side and smacked down Cornes' comments. "I’m all for it ...
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5 days ago · Holmes & Co was founded in Lichfield in the 1760s and opened in Derby in the 1820s. The business created high-class carriages and had its works in London Road, Derby. The business wasn’t limited to Derby, however, and had a London showroom through which it reached a wider range of wealthy customers.
12 hours ago · Sékr, a startup that offers a mobile app for outdoor enthusiasts and campers, is launching a new AI tool for planning road trips. The new tool, called Copilot, is available on the startup’s updated website and app, which is used by more than 100,000 users. Sékr was founded in 2016 with the goal of helping the “van life” community find campsites based on their needs, such as shower ...
